Scions of the Seventh Dawn in the storyline

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Can I add a paragraph here about Alphinaud saying that our leader and some of our top members were captured by the biggest threat to our realm, but HEY! let's worry about it later, first there is this primal here that was summoned that we gonna deal with, k? Whatever excruciating torture they must be receiving is secondary concern.

Nothing takes off my mind that Alphinaud would like nothing less than getting rid of Minfilia... heh.

Alphinaud took the smartest route. A primal wreaking havoc on the land is infinitely more of an immediate problem than trying to rescue just a few of the Scions. As much as that may seem cold, it IS the best strategy. There would be no point rescuing the Scions if a primal as bloodthirsty as Garuda was left to her own devices, as much of the people the Scions are dedicated to protecting would have died thanks to her. And besides, Minfilia has the Echo and thus was considered useful to the Garleans, so even if they did torture her, it wouldn't be anything life threatening - if they even did at all, since for all they know torture could make it harder to understand and research the Echo through her. Even Minfilia would have seen the wisdom in Alphinaud's choice of what first to tackle.

Besides, I doubt even Alphinaud had thought it would take that long to find and prep the Enterprise for flying into Garuda's storm. The blame for the length of time it took to accomplish that goal was solely on the Ishgardians.

[Niwashi]

A primal wreaking havoc on the land is infinitely more of an immediate problem

Wreaking havoc on the land? No havoc was ever mentioned. It was pretty much just that she existed, so maybe we should check out what's going on. Certainly a worthwhile goal, as she would be a concern. Under normal circumstances it would have made perfect sense for the Scions to investigate her. But not when we were in the middle of an emergency of this scale.