"Y-Yeah, of course we have to figure this out! It's important for... For everyone here." For Achamoth and the Kenoma and their cause, but all the others of this world as well. Until things are actually in place for making a new one... Everyone should get to be in as much comfort as they can manage, and that includes food.

"But... Before the Regent took over Venera, it was ruled by another Aion? Just a century ago?" That seems brief, to Alphys, for all she's only a third that old - it comes with having a king who'd ruled for centuries before her. "Did it... Uh, did it sound like there's a lot of historical precedent for that? Various Aions ruling the city...?"

It might go even further in explaining the weird attitudes from the people of Venera. Not just fear of the Regent, but memory of the previous rulers who they replaced. She knows of the shrines, having woken at one... But that seemed more ancient history than that.