Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

In the end it turns out Airy having you awaken the crystals links worlds blah blah blah evil plot. The issue I have with this is... aren't the crystals supposed to be awake(ned) normally?

I know Agnes is the Wind Vestal, and there was a Water Vestal, so I assume Fire/Earth also had them, maybe Eternian forces eliminated them or something I dunno. From what I understand though, in a natural state meaning no one killing/stopping them the Vestals would regularly pray at the crystals to keep them juiced and doing what they do.

I figure this to be the case because the crystals not being awakened seems to have major detrimental side effects. The desert town relies on the wind from the wind crystal to survive. Why would they have built to begin with in this place if the natural order is not to have the crystal be awake? Same goes for the poison in the sea or whatever it was.

Is it actually normal for the crystals to be awake, just not to the extent Airy had our Agnes power them up to? The prayer sessions seem to awaken the crystals, but then Airy insists on pushing it a little further than just awake (though not so far as to destroy them).