Arriving at the innermost base, Alisaie realizes what's in the stasis chambers all the way back here: dragons, and lots of them. The Allagans and dragons were bitter enemies, for sure, but why keep them imprisoned? Dalamud had no need of additional defenses, as Satznswys's previous forays have demonstrated. The neurolink collar they saw on Twintania means they could keep control on all these dragons. Why place them in stasis?
Penny in the air.
And it drops: Allag shackled these dragons here, fully aware and conscious of what is going on around them, in a perpetual state of distress and terror. And able to call out for their god to deliver them salvation.
At this time, I want to post the lyrics to the song, Answers, the song that played in the A Realm Reborn trailer.
I close my eyes, tell us why must we suffer
Release your hands, for your will drags us under
My legs grow tired, tell us where must we wander
How can we carry on if redemption's beyond us?
To all of my children in whom Life flows abundant
To all of my children to whom Death hath passed his judgement
The soul yearns for honor, and the flesh the hereafter
Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after
Shining is the Land's light of justice
Ever flows the Land's well of purpose
Walk free, walk free, walk free, believe...
The Land is alive, so believe...
Suffer (Feel) Promise (Think) Witness (Teach) Reason
(Hear) Follow (Feel) Wander (Think) Stumble (Teach) Listen
(Speak) Honor (Speak) Value (Tell) Whisper (Tell) Mention
(Hope) Ponder (Hope) Warrant (Wish) Cherish (Wish) Welcome
(Roam) Witness (Roam) Listen (Roam) Suffer (Roam) Sanction
(Sleep) Weather (Sleep) Wander (Sleep) Answer Sleep on
Now open your eyes while our plight is repeated
Still deaf to our cries, lost in hope we lie defeated
Our souls have been torn, and our bodies forsaken
Bearing sins of the past, for our future is taken
War born of strife, these trials persuade us not
(Feel what? Learn what?)
Words without sound, these lies betray our thoughts
(See what? Hear what?)
Mired by a plague of doubt, the Land, she mourns
Judgement binds all we hold to a memory of scorn
Tell us why, given Life, we are meant to die, helpless in our cries?
Witness (Feel) Suffer (Think) Borrow (Teach) Reason
(Hear) Follow (Feel) Stumble (Think) Wander (Teach) Listen
(Blink) Whisper (Blink) Shoulder (Blink) Ponder (Blink) Weather
(Hear) Answer (Look) Answer (Think) Answer together
Thy Life is a riddle, to bear rapture and sorrow
To listen, to suffer, to entrust unto tomorrow
In one fleeting moment, from the Land doth life flow
Yet in one fleeting moment, for a new it doth grow
In the same fleeting moment
Thou must live
Die and know
Onward and downward.
Awful. Alisaie comments that Bahamut's hatred found an ideal puppet: Nael van Darnus. Alisaie empathizes with the elder primal, but that will not stay her hand.