Quote Originally Posted by Kokomi View Post
I'm puzzled by what he meant by "path of lesser tragedy", and it isn't touched on again.
Keep in mind that he does not see the sundered as proper people. He sees the potential in you, the mostly complete fragment of the soul that he called friend and he would consider it a tragedy if he really had to kill you with his own hands. However he was willing to do it for what he perceived as the greater good. Which is part of why he asks you to remember them when you finally take him down and take the weight off of his shoulders so that he can finally rest.

One can also theorize that if your character was the 14th convocation member and was the one who summoned Hydaelyn then perhaps Emet believed that if Hydaelyn could sunder the world, perhaps she could put it back together in a way that did not require calamities at the request of her summoner.