Quote Originally Posted by YianKutku View Post
Honestly I'm not sure how representative the MSQ roulette duties are, because everyone in those monologues incessantly, like holy carp. I can only assume it's due to the writers at the time not being able to really write a convincing "final dungeon" type of dialogue without motive rants.

Like, Livia definitely intends to kill us, and monologues at us about being thirsty for Gaius. Nero sees us as a mere roadblock on the way to Proving Himself Over Cid, and monologues about it endlessly too. And then we have Gaius "How Glib" van Baelsar, who made a good effort to try to kill us multiple times, and has a monologue about it every time.

Lahabrea was either influencing the XIVth Legion rather too much, or he decided that if everyone was going to prepare a speech, he might as well join in.
I can make arguments that Nero and Gaius are trying to justify to themselves what they are doing with their monologues. With the way Gaius desperately tries to justify how Eorzea is his by right, I get the impression he knows he's wrong and he experiences a character arc with every defeat. I'm not even sure he even would kill the Warrior of Light, seeking to platonically conquer the Warrior of Light instead. With Lahabrea, he's so comically evil and diametrically opposed to the Warrior of Light that there's no point for him to utter a word. He doesn't accomplish anything by talking to the Warrior of Light nor does his character develop, if anything his monologue contradicts his own goal at attempted murder. I'm sure Lahabrea had a fun conversation Elidibus afterward.
"Yes, thank you Lahabrea for telling the Warrior of Light our plans right before she crushed you. Your a credit to Amaurot! Now go to Ishgard and manipulate Thordan VII and try not to tell him all our plans too or get defeated by the elderly."