[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

I think you're on the right track. What he emphasized was that he felt totally confident, if not 100% certain. But completely ready, bloodthirsty even. But it fits all the changes that seem to be coming his way.

Actually his phrase was "big f****** sword." I wanted to hit near without entirely using the language typical of his world. Four-letter words are verbs, nouns, adverbs, adjectives and occasionally pronouns, and your best friend who picked up an unmentionable disease will be called "DMF" (stands for Diseased Mother - you get the idea). I like his bluntness, but boy, sometimes my ears burn.