"Arms and armor might be of use, but we have still yet to find ourselves made knowledgeable on just what a 'sphereoid' is or why it poses anyone, let alone an animate golem of metal, a threat." 

A voice of reason made itself known and the difficulties in even facing a threat that had no foundation; how does one fight that which they do not know? It was a simple premise, one none too foreign to those of old. It seemed now in this new era that the prospect of conflict was perhaps more swift to rouse than to not. Not that a carnivore such as the great beast opposed this natural competition, but if it were to be had, it needed purpose; the hungry did not hunt for their amusement after all.