Legion-5 encouraged everyone by saying, "The good news is that we can be sure that only someone like us can survive becoming legends with three pathways.
Their mood actually improved because of that. They felt better that the difficulty was so high that anyone with three pathways that was lucky enough to survive becoming an epic being in all three pathways is unlikely to survive becoming a legend in just one of the pathways.
This made them feel better about the ordeal they will face in trying to help their slaves with two pathways advance to the legendary stage with both pathways.
But they had to give up on helping their fate-weaver slave acquire three pathways because they would be wasting her potential if they did that. This made them feel bad a little. But they didn't stop looking for the shortcut.
