Sundering stuff established in the Q&A

[tokinokanatae]

They had reason to though. To accept Suffering as an inevitable and necessary part of defeating Meteion would mean is a profound change, and yet more would be required of the Ancients. I’m gnot saying they would have to Sunder everything like what happened, but some form of change in the same vein would be required. They need to both lessen aetheric density and face mortality, and thus a lesser Sundering seems logical, albeit more controlled and structured I’m sure.

As always comes up when people put this forth as a valid option—and what I was alluding to, possibly too vaguely—they have no way of knowing that Meteion exists as a threat.

No one takes precautions for a threat they don’t know exists. If an earthquake happens, we modify our buildings to better withstand the quake and build new ones with increased protections, not assume it is actually the beginning of a large scale attack from the dread Pararamuktipu from another dimension! (A being who can only be defeated if we actually leave our city in ruins, move to the countryside, and train ourselves to do handstands several hours a day!)

The Ancients were amazing at sacrificing themselves for the greater good of the star. Just imagine if that’s what was asked of them in the first place, instead of killing the 25% that remained because they didn’t offer to immediately do it again.