"And before you go bringing up the Diamond WEAPON, we went after it to keep it out of your hands. A few of us were all for destroying it outright. The only reason we held onto it was in the case we had to use it against your own toy." Mary crossed her arms and leaned back on her heel.

"But I'm sure Artemicion has filled you in on this already." She glanced at the moogle, "Being called fools there when we were acting in the interests of our survival didn't go a long way to encourage us to follow your suggestion. Apologies."