[Idly wonders if maybe his earlier assessment of Bull's intelligence was too positive. Taverns and brawls, hah... (Rich coming from the guy whose second favourite hobby is killing things, but.)]
Depending on how one defines "need"... [Plenty of things and people probably need to die in someone's opinion, after all. Hums out, and then shakes his head. Continues with:] I would say there is likely to be intermittent need for it, at the least, although some of the more superstitiously minded people here would advice against making such predictions.
["Jinxing it" and all that. So he's not going to say it; he just would.]