"It is a measure of strength. The Darker the Jewel the deeper the reserve of power. Sapphire is one of the Darker Jewels, though among the people I usually spend time with back home, I'm one of the weakest," he said with a chuckle. "The difficulty now will be to use just enough Craft as I recover to keep the excess from burning through me, without using so much that I strain the physical shell that needs to recover."