Hmm. Well, I think it will help them temporarily as well. Maybe it will be a morale boost? They do seem pretty despondent and I can understand why!

[ She shrugs, but something in her face is sharper than before, like she's trying to measure something up and finding that her measurements are off. ]

Not doing it sounds like a good way to lose the help of many of our teammates. If the loss of their powers doesn't outright destroy them, they might be weakened, or lacking some of the abilities that might be a great help to us.