Quote Originally Posted by SannaR View Post
What does going back to being the stewards of the star mean though? Does it mean going OK folks we've been saved from w/e that was by Zodiark time to just pretend it didn't happen. Let's ignore that we found out that a few of the currents that are needed for life to do its thing had thinned out. Or do they go huh maybe we should make sure we're safe. Cause even if Azem wasn't on board we still should take a look at that and make sure our math was correct.

Emet still could have listened and still went so why did you decide to say screw the test? He didn't exactly deal with the loss of either friend. Heck even after the sundering I wonder why they didn't try and get some form of answer. As that would have been the best next time. From the Watcher's records at least the ones we were able to read they never asked them or try to understand why she kept Zodiark whole. Yes, it would have been great pre-sundering if more people could have been told what was really going down. Or that she thought saying screw Herme's and his test even post Zodiark was an option. Running away seems to have always been plan B, but the gain enough resolve and the know how to fight Meteion was always plan A.

Just because she didn't tell anyone there's a collective of murdery through despair birds that need to be dealt with doesn't mean people wouldn't have chosen the run away option. It's like how Le' Cie work in XIII. They get told oh hey this is your mission so go do that. If you don't you'll turn into a mindless monster that goes around killing everything. Only on a rare occasion did a Le'Cie say screw my mission I'm not going to do it cause it goes against my principles and not end up being a mindless monster killing everything.
I’m not saying everyone would have believed her, but given Emet’s status in the convocation and Hythlo as a very well respected member along with Venat being a previous Azem, the three of them hold a LOT of weight, and i find it hard to believe at the very least the convocation wouldn’t hear out her plea, especially since she even had a tracker on Meteion. As far as the stewards of the star, i’d imagine it’s just what they’ve always done, doing things for the betterment of the star. The thing is they didn’t even know after the fact what caused it, they thought Zodiark got rid of it and that’s that. It’s Venat that kept the secrets which is the problem here.