"A Relic Reborn" Question: What happens to the weapon you turn in?
Ok, I'm a freshly made level 50 White Mage, and just finished my Main Storyline earlier today, and more or less by accident stumbled over the Relic Weapon quest.
I met with Gerolt and found the Thyrus weapon in the U'Ghamaro Mines as well.
Now he wants a Madman's Whispering Rod with 2 Quicktongue III materia.
So here's my questions:
What happens if I turn that weapon in? The Madman's Whispering Rod. Will it be gone or will I keep it for now?
If I get it back, and I turned in a HQ version, will it still be a HQ version?
The reason I ask this is simply: I'm currently using a HQ version of said staff. If it's gone afterwards and I don't get it back, then it would be better to just get a new non-HQ staff and use that for the quest.
I know the quest itself is still another hundred steps till I actually hold Thyrus in my hands for real, so I don't wanna throw away my actual weapon just yet.