[SPOILERS] Minfillia' Fate in 3.2

[Darkstride]

It's the first time we've ever had Hydaelyn consume one of our own. Is this something she's been capable of all along? Can she just do that? Isn't that, uh, what Primals do?

We know what the Darkness is doing now is capital-B Bad, sure, but how bad was it before Zodiark was banished? What exactly is Hydaelyn after that she would go to this much trouble?

I have nothing but questions.

Well, according to the Minfydaelyn hybrid, it seemed to me that Minfilia offered herself to Hydaelyn. I didn't get the impression that she was "consumed" but more that she relinquished her will to become a vessel.