The Ancients still deserved better, after everything

[RyuDragnier]

Oof. Is it that difficult to understand the idea of equivalent exchange? You trade aether for more aether. it's really not that hard to grasp and makes quite a bit of sense. Also, you remember that Zodiark was sentient due to Elidibus being his heart? He would have known what was possible and not possible and would have been able to communicate that, even, if they'd needed to ask.

On that note, a side tangent. I wonder if Elidibus (or should I say Zodiark) originally just told them what he could do when asked, and ultimately left the decision up to the majority on whether or not they wanted to bring back those lost. Considering how Zodiark just wanted "the Salvation of the star", it's very likely he was willing to go along with whatever the majority decided to do. Had they decided to just rejuvenate the world and left those who had sacrificed themselves to form him stay dead, he likely would have accepted it as their (and his) will. Considering how he never really directly involved himself with us until the balance was at stake, it's possible that he himself set the "rules" on the various Calamity creations and told the rest of them when the world was okay for another one. Us pushing things too much towards light (with the combination of Ardbert's crew) forced his hand because he knew just how much damage it could cause the Source if the 8th Calamity kicked off there (and we heard how bad the damages were).