[is quiet for a moment, obviously in THINKING MODE and then--icon]
I just had a thought. A thought that's a possibility but too simple and I don't have nearly enough experience or information about this place, but a theory is what it is, except no. That's just daft. People would have thought of it already.
All this talk of cycles and life and death and revivals being painful... and then there's a Judge meant for that sort of thing with a husband who encourages sacrifices and a King who hides everything for power...