Quote Originally Posted by AlysCamoa View Post
Which is why we also went in and exterminated all the Garleans to the last man, woman, and child, right? Which is why when confronting the Telophoroi, we did our best to kill as many of them as possible rather than minimizing fatalities, right?

We're told the only way to stop Sphene is to shut down the Meso Terminal by Cahciua, who has been withholding information to railroad us into her own objectives from the second she finds us. Even assuming Cahciua is being honest despite that pattern of behavior, there was no way to extract Azem's paperweight from the terminal without shutting it down wholesale? There was no way to terminate Sphene's program, rather than the system as a whole? None of those options are explored by the Scions, who at every opportunity have endeavored to find another way that prioritizes their ethics over expedience.

Even assuming the story properly explored these questions, why would the Scions feel good about what they had to do? It was kill or be killed, to be sure, but the Endless themselves harbored no enmity. They didn't have agency in the actions of their regent. So why would you pin her actions on them?

But I'm sure you'll say this is all drivel. I expect nothing more.
We didn't have to exterminate the Garleans to stop Zenos, we never wanted to.

We never wanted to put an end to the Endless, but we had to. There was no alternative. It was either that, or Sphene exterminates all life on the source and the remaining shards.

Just as with Emet-Selch and the Endless, we will not sacrifice the living for the dead.

Apples to damn Zebra Cakes.

Yes, your argument is drivel, it makes no sense and ignores obvious information in favor of your personal head-canon and delusion that Erenville's mom is some scheming antagonist who is misleading us the whole time despite being... Erenville's mom.