Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
But was Zodiark's tempering by mistake? Remember how Hesperos in Pandaemonium acts really obsessed with Lahabrea, to the point where it almost seems like he was tempered? Hell, his eyes even glow with an aura that reminds me of the tempering eyes we've seen before. Maybe the tempering wasn't a mistake, but something Lahabrea deliberately put in to guarantee nobody would falter, that there would be no mistakes, no wandering thoughts that could alter Zodiark's creation.
I think Hesperos is crazy for other reasons. Some related to the fact he's a vampire, others just motivating his decision to become a vampire. I don't think he needs us to invent more reasons he's crazy.

Our source that tempering is innate is Livingway, and as much as Livingway has a problem with understatements, she is always correct as far as stated facts goes, so Zodiark was almost definitely not artificially tempering more than he 'should' have. We don't know enough about Lahabrea at the time to say he isn't some kinda shady, so maybe he was aware of the possibility but ignored it, or possibly neglected safety procedures that would've stopped that, but he didn't jack up tempering specifically for Zodiark.