Even as the glare eases up, Louie flinches back. "Okay, just remember I didn't know this would happen. The curse works like this: If - when - your buddy there passes the khopesh on to someone else, it means he'll, uh. Well, he's going to lose a lot of blood, I guess, at a bad moment. But he won't die! He definitely will be okay! Please don't kill me!"