After the conversation, Mistie promised she would convince the councilors to accept the whale's demands. She would call an emergency meeting immediately to discuss it.
But Alm and Bruno didn't care about the outcome. They gave the opportunity to this sect; if they didn't grant them freedom, staying would be a huge waste of time. The initial plan was just to look for the scales scattered around the planet, and if the system gave them the mission to free the Chaos Dragon, they would do it without hesitation and then escape.
But now everything had changed. Besides feeling they could trust Mistie and the Fey here, they found out they needed to create an army. They would have to expand their influence, and using the array, they would create a new river of souls separate from the celestial laws. They couldn't be limited by the rules of a sect.