Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
While I am hopeful (believe, even) that there is a way to save Estinien, there may not be as well. We shouldn't just give up on saving him, but on the other hand, we have to accept we may be unable to. Letting (Estinien-)Nidhogg walk after the climactic Final Steps of Faith would be both a disservice to Ishgard and Estinien; we can't just let him roam free to continue terrorizing Ishgard, and if there is absolutely positively no way to free him, I would like to think Estinien would prefer the release of death to being used as Nidhogg's meat puppet. That too is salvation... after a fashion.
If you mean you want a way to contain him after the final battle and prevent further damage, assuming the power of hugs doesn't work at first...

I actually remembered there is one thing, and Alphinaud knows about it: Allagan Neurolinks. Binding Coil tech. If he really can't admit there's a stash buried under Northern Thanalan (even to save a friend), he can ask one of the nodes flying around Azys Lla, assuming we're allowed to go there outside of the Triad storyline. Hell, Alisaie could do the legwork herself and make the delivery in person.

It wouldn't need to be forever, just long enough to get him straightened out.