Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
Either way, Venat herself does not speak ill of them and says they only do as they believe is best for the star. And I think that's the crux of the disagreement - the two groups had conflicting visions on how to best steward the star. Checking Zodiark's might and ceding the future to the 'newer souls' was their view on how to do that. Again the way they don't malign the Convocation suggests to me they're also viewing their proposed actions in the framework of sacrifice for the greater good of the star - they just disagreed that further sacrifices would achieve that. Their concerns therefore also appear to be pragmatic in nature. There may be more to the whole thing but based on what we currently know, that's how I read it.
This comes down to how you want to interpret Venat. Because it can be seen as you explain above, or Venat and company can be seen to have had their hand forced into this situation of summoning Hydaelyn. If the convocation is tempered as Emet claims, then the value of debate and discussion is essentially out the window when in comes to a topic like Zodiark will kill us all eventually. The lack of ill will from Venat can be seen as pity not respect or pragmatics, because you'd feel bad for a person if they were tempered can could never have their mind changed.