Tear had been ready to jump in and help Ramza, and still was after the last of the shock over Mary's actions faded. But Minato had brought up a sound point, taking her gaze from Ramza to the great crystal before them. For all their efforts, it was still disheartening to see its light so close to being extinguished.

Stepping closer, she couldn't help but begin to reach out toward it. "The Calamity accepted our reasoning... But that doesn't change the situation for this world, does it? If we do nothing for it, elsewhere there might rise another who would allow desperation to drive them to do whatever it takes to survive."

And it would be as Kalki said... Another Ancient, another Calamity, another Crystallis just as they had saved this one. They couldn't allow it to remain so vulnerable.