If it came down to it, Ace was ready to cast his life away, but not like this. Not in the name of a plan woven around despair and uncertain just like the allegiances of the very figure behind it. His gaze settled on Santa, but it was a look of neither approval nor disapproval, mostly undecided in terms of what kind of message it was meant to send across. All things considered, they had the right to feel wronged and upset, there was just little point in pushing these emotions as far as Santa had just done.

"There will be consequences for everything we do from now on, more so than before, but I think we all agree that running into this head-first won't solve any of our problems. Without understanding, we would be nothing but puppets."

He might have been walking a thin line of hypocrisy with that explanation, but it was not possible to reply with any other answer if he lacked the conviction necessary to follow Kalki's plan. Perhaps it was what would separate the right path from the others, working in accordance with everyone's wishes and motivations - nothing more than a dream for the time being, given the sheer number of Heroes that had already proven capable of raising weapons at one another.

And so, their discussion was reduced to following simple logic. "There's no description, but we shouldn't disregard the contents of the tape, either. The faith she has put in us further proves that we're capable of making a difference, but let it be the one we and the rest of Crystallis wishes to see."