When I was fighting Nightthistles, I noticed something when I shielded myself through the poison. It was absorbing more damage than it was supposed to. By that I mean, my shield was level one and it's supposed to shield for like, 70 damage. I rolled over it and it gave me the description for the level 4 shield. I wasn't wearing my emerald necklace, so my leaf hairpin wouldn't of had an affect.
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