[ Honestly, Minako has a whole lot of trouble putting aside the moral aspect of this. Or even the practical aspect. Who would sacrifice so many lives to save two? Sure, maybe only someone who was very invested in said two particular lives - but neither she nor Jade have any reason to really care that much about these sleeping dragons, right?

It makes her sigh. ]

I kind of understood the rest so far.

[ Even the kneeling.. Beings this powerful usually want that kind of stuff, after all, and Minako is not prideful enough to not go along with that when the outcome is more important than the process.

But this is a different story entirely. ]

This is the place I'm stuck. It's not even teaching us anything. Like you said, it just sounds like maybe this phoenix cares more about the dragons than about people, so it's making us do its dirty work.