Editing List of Shards (section)

===True use===
How the [[Entities]] manage communication between them.<ref name="26ze1">All around the entity, there were shards in varying states of maturation.  The female’s was among the most mature.  Seasoned by conflict, heavy with information, lessons learned, tactics, applications, organization.<br>[...]<br>A confrontation had started between [[Golem|a young male]] and an older one.  A fragment of a shard against a very mature shard.  The most mature shard in this area, at a glance.<br><br>The more mature power was unleashed.  A wavelength power, a kinetic transmission.<br><br><span>The entity watched, and it recognized the shard at work. </span>The broadcast shard. One that had been crippled, just like the shard of [[taylor|the female]] that floated before the entity now. The same shard that had managed communication between the entity and its counterpart. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/interlude-26/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26]]</ref> Even after its crippling, this shard still retains its executive function for communication between shards.<ref>Broadcast is executive function. It ''is'' communication between shards, by definition and by name. Breadth and depth, as stated by Bonesaw in her interlude, are factors where a longstanding parahuman develops a closer connection to their shard. More experience = more leeway. Jack's been at it long enough to have a really good arrangement going, and they get more interesting stuff through Jack staying active than they do through letting him die. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/72724278 on Spacebattles]</ref>