[ There's a reason he's put it off for this long. What he went through to drain it was bad enough, he has no idea how it'll feel to get the thing out of him. Wrath assures him that he'll take every precaution, but it's not even a solid shard he's removing. He doesn't have any expectations that it'll be an easy procedure on either end.

Which is another reason why he's grateful to have Allison there. Better to give her permission to rumor him if necessary so she doesn't have to think about it later. ]

There could be side effects. At the least, if it's anything like draining it was, it'll take me some time to recover. [ Did he mention draining it on the train? No? Probably best to move past it. ]

...There's never going to be a good time to do this, but not doing anything is worse. I need you to make sure I go through with it.