n7axw wrote:To refine what has already been said, the internal defenses are different than the Rakurai. Visualize something designed to detect and destroy TF tech as in entered the Temple. My own visualization of this would have it automated, maybe comnnected to what's in the basement, but maybe not. We don't really know if such a defensive system exists, but it seems a reasonable assumption given the paranoia that must have followed Kauyung's vest pocket nuke.
That is what Merlin would be risking to enter the Temple.
Don
For that matter, it's possible the things can detect PICA's, disable them, re-write the personality - like write Chihiro's recorded one over it, and send it back out. It's a long shot, but it's just one point on the spectrum of potential Bad Things that errand could entail.
I imagine the Mary-Sue complaints would stop in a hurry then.