Jade glanced to Lust, then turned back to the dying tarutaru. It was true he could still save her life. Between Life and Curaga, it probably wasn't too late. If he were more like his old mentor, he might have even agreed to it.

Shame he wasn't like her.

"...Precisely." He shrugged off Lusts's grip. "If we spare her now, she will never trust us to do our part. She'll certainly do us no personal favors."

He pocketed the golden crystal and stood up. It wasn't as though Jade hated her. Palitutu was an enemy, but that didn't make it personal. If anything, he understood her logic all too well.

Perhaps that was why it didn't take him long to make a decision.

"If there's any mercy to be shown, it's in letting her die with the knowledge we will not shirk away from what needs to be done. So no -- I will not heal her."

If the others wanted him to change his mind, they'd have to give a convincing reason.