He grinned and nodded. "Hope so, maybe even break this cycle. Cycles are all well and good, but progress is usually better. And so while that oath is nice and political sounding like, it really just means none of them that survive the final showdown will be dead. Not not attacked, or not captives, or broken or the like, or that the home isn't trashed. Am I correct in that interpretation, or are you making it a bit more protective than that?"