Afterward we all stand around panting and Pascal points out that the Lastalia is absorbing all the eleth again. Sophie says that soon it will return to normal, and then the eleth will return to the valkines cryas again, and then everything will be totally perfect.

Except for all the eleth shortages that were plaguing and starving the world even before Richard went around and started molesting the valkines cryas, but shhhh.