[Well, while the first part is very true, it actually wasn't the reason they were doing it.]

Well, we didn't know why at first, but the... [Er... half-elf? His sort-of friend?] man behind the Desians was trying to find someone to revive his sister.

[Genis' voice gets kind of quiet as he gets to this part.]

And so he was using these crystals to try to find a body that would host her soul...