Gray, I once tried to help Cloud and Rezo kill Trickster by magic. It was before we got these. [taps his bracer] King sent a bunch of monsters after us, and then unsealed that demon inside Rezo to punish us -- called it a game, and then even had the gall to declare that Cygnus won. Hell, people died in the fight, and King pretty much only brought them back to 'just barely alive'. Then he told us we had to put on the bracers so it would never happen again, and didn't even give us time to get them to anyone who didn't show up in the arena.
I'm not going to shed tears over the fact Trickster is dead, and I certainly think it was better him than us, but I can't forget that the Judges won't let this threat pass without notice. Trying to plan for it makes me feel like I have at least some control.