When are we supposed to stop fighting?

[KariTheFox]

Which, I again point out, these people were traumatized. It is utterly natural during the time a person is within that traumatized state to want to go back to before the trauma occurred. It doesn't prove anything but that they were human, acting as all human beings do. It is not until much later, when the pain of the trauma has begun to pass and healing has begun that we realize the trauma has made us stronger. It would quite likely have been the same for them, had Venat given them that time.

How many more lives would have been sacrificed to Zodiark while Venat gives the ancients time to process thier trauma?

[Theodric]

How many more lives would have been sacrificed to Zodiark while Venat gives the ancients time to process thier trauma?

Given that the plan was simply to sacrifice a portion of the 'new lives' to Zodiark and not all lives indefinitely? Such would have involved far less death and suffering compared to Venat's decision to destroy everybody through the Sundering without their consent.

Of course, had she simply had a conversation explaining the circumstances behind the Final Days by sharing the information that she was aware of then a different solution could have potentially been found...especially with a Sundered Zodiark serving as a barrier against the return of the Final Days for at least twelve thousand years. One can only imagine how much longer an Unsundered Zodiark would have been able to keep the threat at bay in order to buy time for the Ancients to find a permanent solution.