Ariad's plan to close the Mondera Shear seems to be working. The shear is getting smaller, but very, very slowly.

In helping with her task, I have discovered that Ariad wants you to tell her after every single Balm injection, reducing the effectiveness of her plan.

I am a Grandmaster, and like other Grandmasters, I have six device slots. Even the least device savvy profession has 3 device slots, and it takes them forever to get from Paren Station to Tarsis, where the Shear is located.

This limitation has slowed the closing of the Shear by weeks, possibly even months. Unless Ariad has some valid reason for delaying this process that she has not revealed, this was very poor planning on her part.

Let us hope that the future decisions she makes in Merjan's absence are more thoroughly thought out.