Then that's the price I'll ask! A promise of your strength, should the need arise. [That manic grin is back.] Not for me, of course. I can more than take care of myself. But there is a woman here by the name of Belle, and should she ever need it, I'd have her protected. From what I can tell, trouble does pop up here from time to time.

What do you say, deary? Are these agreeable terms?