Perhaps simply not give up so easily. Worlds may well end from inaction, especially one so unstable and precarious as this. With such a small population, ‘twould take but one person’s inaction to tip the scale.

[The Exarch really has little patience for people not pulling their weight. Such is the contrast between the Crystarium and the city of Eulmore - one a self-sufficient city of hard workers wishing for survival, and the other a city of idle layabouts happy to sit back and indulge while waiting for the world to finish ending.]

Humble bard or no, you yet have hands, legs and feet. Even failing that, your song might inspire others to action. It need not be these... sabotenders.