During these 2 weeks of recuperation, the city made quite a bit of progress. The walls and buildings that were destroyed in the war 2 weeks ago were being repaired at an astonishing rate. It would probably only take a few more weeks to rebuild everything. But even though the buildings were being repaired, the minds of the residents had taken an impactful blow.
At first, they wanted nothing more than for Mira to stay in the city, get stronger, and become something like a guardian of the City. But this was just lazy and wishful thinking. Hearing that Mira had no plans in staying in the city, they realized that the war was a wake-up call and Mira's speech only sent them over the edge.
The people of the city wanted nothing more than to gain strength. Enough strength to where they could pull off what Mira did, but this was also wishful thinking as well.