(1) Is it confirmed that the Shem of Technology is actually NOT available through the combining-five-Animated-Particulates method? I have 10/11 shems and the last 5 shards I right-click-combined turned into a paltry 1000 shards
(2) Given the number of distillates going around, could excess Animated Particulates be worth 1000 each instead of 1000 per stack of 5?