I just accidentally abandoned my "A Relic Reborn" quest while getting rid of some lower level levequests on my duty finder after switching classes. I had already beaten Chimera, and Hydra, and Ifrit and Garuda and I had only Titan left to do. But now going back I see the quest is starting over from the beginning. I have to go recover the weapon again, meld the highly priced materia again, fight the Chimera and Hydra again - is this seriously happening to me?

I spent weeks finding parties and saving up gil and attempting the primals. Where did all the items and money I put into this quest go? can you PLEASE break up this quest into parts, so if I accidentally abandon again I don't have to start from the very beginning again? I was looking forward to finally having my relic weapon, now I am just sad.