Another source of Aether (Spoilers?)

[Frizze]

See, that's my thought, but considering it survived Louisiox's usage, it could still be out there somewhere.

I might be remembering all this wrong, so potentially take with a grain of salt. When Louisoix used the staff in the bahamut incident didnt it shatter? Its being used a second time in 3.5 could have been enough to finish destroying it. Of course, the question of whether the aetheric force applied by the spell was what broke it or just the force of bahamuts attack i dont think was answered.