[don-o]

To think that they would look upon a relic as more valuable than a human being?

Who thinks that?

[Paved Paradise]

They grabbed the relic first, so that implies it took priority. If your loved one(s) is dead on a shipwreck or other scenario and they send in people to retrieve the bodies but they decide to haul out things while leaving your family member, how would YOU feel? Taking the statue out first showed a serious lack of feeling.