Ever since the attack on Agniratha, Rakzet had made a promise to himself. He would save any life he could, no matter the cost to himself. It was too precious to risk losing any of it again. That was why he worked so hard when Homs fell, why he nursed them back to health.
It was important, for everyone from the Homs to the Machina, that they kept each other safe. He wanted them all to look out for each other, wanted the kids to understand why he felt this way, why it was so ingrained in his person.
"Do you all understand?" He looked across the kids he had gathered to explain it to. "This is why we need to do our best to save all the life we can."
Iretix nodded, definitely fully into it. "Yeah! I'll be just like you when I'm out of this pod, Rakzet! I'll save all the people and lives I can!"
Rakzet smiled a bit, chuckling. "Good, I'm glad to hear my words have affected you so much! What about the rest of you, hm?"
The other kids all mumbled and chirped things about finding his passion cool, but no one seemed to be as into it as Iretix. If he was a bit more paranoid, he would even think Mixik was whispering insults to Menyx to make them giggle right now! But no, he would give them the benefit of the doubt.
So long as it inspired at least one child to follow in his footsteps that was enough. He just wanted life to be as precious to them as it was to him, even if they didn't do everything to save people. Even if they just prayed to Lady Meyneth for the safety of all…
"Say, tell me more!" Iretix cut off his thoughts, a smile on his face. "I wanna know more about how you saved the Homs!"
"Oh!" He lightened up a bit, happy to see the excitement. "Well, first things first, Homs are very sturdy, so sturdy I would love to be one, if it was possible… The fact they could survive that fall and make it through the hard portion of time where they had to be nursed back to health is amazing..."
And on he went, Iretix listening and nodding intently. Other kids seemed to listen, though a few seemed to be dozing off. A few were also making their escape, trying to very casually float away. That hurt him a bit, but it was fine. No reason to interrupt Iretix's interest by calling them out on it.
They would realize one day how important this could be, to know about saving Homs lives. They never knew when more would fall to the arm, after all! As much as he hated to admit it, he doubted the war going on above them was going to end soon, so… They had to be ready to help survivors whenever they could.
After all, there was only so much Rakzet could do on his own.