So, you spend half the game trying to find a way out of fighting Oprhan, steadfastly refusing to fufill your Focus of destroying him, and thus Cocoon... then he pops out of the ground and your guys are just like "Hey, let's kill it!"

Was the second half of the game just pointless filler, what with the "choosing our own destiny" stuff, when they pretty much did exactly what they told Dysley they would not do? Or am I missing something?