[ What he has to say next surprises Azem further. All this happens after the point in which they've been pulled here? It'd be difficult to believe if not for meeting up with Elidibus by happenstance and both he and Hades knowing Rhea'li.

Azem remains quiet for a long while, so long that one would be led to believe they had nothing to say. However, they do eventually break the silence. ]

I can see why I would not agree to such a plan. Working under the belief that the answer could be found on our star rather than beyond... I would do everything in my power to find it, with or without the Convocation's help.

To sacrifice so many... [ It's inconceivable to them. It goes against everything they've lived and worked for.

They have to wonder what was going through Venat's mind for her not to offer up the answer if she knew it. She loved the star and all it's people, possibly more so than Azem, so why? ]

I suppose the story does not end there.