That's how it works, yeah. I've talked to Viveca about it. As soon as someone lays hands on that orb and we have it truly under control, she gets to work pulling us all back. That's why we never get to stay and help fix up the situations we've created, though. Too much risk in the orb getting lost, or making new deals with us and jeopardizing everything we do.

[Over all the lives in the cities they end up ruining in the process. He gets it, though. The goal is to minimize damage. He doesn't like it, but ultimately he agrees with it when he considers the possible alternatives, and the two who run the Ximilia have probably learned from quite a lot of past mistakes.]