[That handwriting that scratches in after his is very lovely, looping in eager cheerful strokes like an excitable little dog chasing after the allure of a bouncing ball.]
Doctor Suresh,
I am most pleased to inform you that you have joined a small number of us who are indeed very fascinating with this very thing. I have in my possession a great many notes which I believe would be of interest to you.
That said, I shall try to do my best to provide a brief summary of answers to you questions. Please see above.
[And here, scribbled among the original lines of his own writing, that hand has written:]
Shard takes root in the host form in the sense that a plant might grow; known effects and phenomena: increased strength of the shard's ability to control rifts and tears in the Veil, various defense and offensive capabilities which may be activated by the host somewhat at will; illness; death; unusual relationship to lyrium in all forms.
book!
[And here, scribbled among the original lines of his own writing, that hand has written:]