Quote Originally Posted by final-andy
if the mushroom rock only breaks up (or whatever you call it when it floating round the temple) when a summoner if praying to the fayth then why is it like that all the way through X & X-2 cos there cant be a summoner constantly prayin can there
That's a plothole, sadly. It's never explained why the rock remains broken and that concept of it shattering when a Summoner is communing with the Fayth is pretty much forgotten the moment it's said.