The most powerful plot device in all of DT

[Auro_Seldaris]

The WoL is incapable of acting independently, so if Alphinaud or whoever isn't there to ask "Hey, WoL, would you like to save these dying people?" before we nod silently and the DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUUUUUUUUUUH fanfare plays, we ain't doin' JACK. DEAL WITH IT, DEADOS.

It's the literal opposite of the "Cutscene Power To The Max" trope, it's "Cutscene Incompetence to the Max".