The decision itself was actually a considerable departure from their initial plan of keeping Owen's as the only Zelunium mecha for the time being. However, after consulting several people and hurriedly running the emergency plan by Marquis Osmond and Marquise Julienne, they'd managed to tell Ollie about the change right before he had to attend that press conference of his.
As for what'd sparked such a sudden change in plans, it really started with Luca.
The golden-eyed cadet had been happily supporting the Mylors while the race was in full swing, practically bouncing in place as he cheered, when he happened to notice the almost negligible change in his husband's expression. It probably would've been completely unnoticeable to anyone else, but the observant wife already knew his husband far too well not to catch something like that.
