"Regrettable. What a waste." The rabble before him was of no consequence to him and nothing to be feared. He had his hands full enough reining in Kuja and Lufene to waste energy on this collection of souls. Zidane too posed his own set of problems for Garland, which left him no choice but to remove Mikoto from his list of issues, before she could truly become one. And thus, he stripped her of her soul.

The body becomes a vessel, which greets a new soul...

Without waiting to see what came of her, he turned to ascend the stairs once more. "Should you choose to persist in this foolishness, I will end your lives." To make his point known, he conjured a ball of light before his hand, then flung it out at the whole group in a devastating Wave.