"Assuming? The way you described people coming and going, it almost feels inevitable." Maybe they actually had some choice in whether they stayed or went, but certainly Manuela hadn't been given a choice in her arrival. If she'd known that she might know peace and reconciliation between her students, it would've been tempting... but unlike Ferdinand, she came from a point in time when Fodlan still needed her. She couldn't just abandon her home for some pleasure and rest, no matter how enjoyable the experience might end up becoming.

"Regardless, I suppose that they might well figure it out without our aid sooner or later." There was no reason this technology couldn't be replicated at home, after all.