Hi, just reacting to your 2. : I did have an interaction with Shadowheart about the artefact suddenly being in my possession. Just some short exchange telling her that I did not steal it, that it just came by itself and she was like: yes, it has it's own mind, you can keep it now, but I will want it back later....
I think trigger for this is not having Shadowheart with you when you travel to goblin camp for the first time - there is this cutscene where the artefact protects you... In my 1st playthrough I had her with me and have not seen that conversation later with her, but in my 2nd playthrough I did not take her with me, the artefact just appeard in there and then we had the interaction in camp.
Yeah, I know THERE IS some interactions in this game about it, in fact, I saw it myself during my first play-through - when I took the prism immediately from her.
What i am trying to say is if you are trying to keep it with her on purpose, you not only can't do it, after some certain moment this dialogue is just cut - for no reason.