2/2

The Mamool come closest to being 'sacrificial' but even then, it's played for sympathy, like they... *had* to resort to genocide instead of like... did nobody bring back knowledge of the outside world in those 80 years? At all? We know Gulool Ja Ja brought a Limsan sailor and a... what's that country's name... SHARLAYAN through twenty years ago! He had to take them through the Cenote! And neither of them reflected that 'gee, maybe the giant glowing rocks are muckin' about with the aether, want us to find some plants that'll help?' I mean we know Gulool and Galuf parted on good terms, so like... was that even tried? We don't get enough resistance to 'outsiders' to justify it, hell, finding a crate of supplies- seeds that Gulool had sent, *again*, like he has every year for the past twenty that they've refused to use out of dumb, stubborn pride- would have added depth to their reaction. It would have even set up for Alexandria with Wuk having to admit that eventually, there's a point where 'It's their culture' goes too far and you need to put your foot down. The twist being *that* was the challenge would have been icing on the cake. Eventually, you need to tell people 'No', and they'll be mad, and they'll hate you for it, and they'll resent you and slander you and call you names... but you're a leader. You have to do what your people need, not what they want. And if they could have stopped the pit full of dead babies by just accepting a little bit of kindness... they should have.