I only remember Rufus saying that they weren't concerned with the log project right now, it sounded as if they had their hands full, and it sounded creditable, but the log deal is not off, just on the back-burner
Odysseus crossed the river of Styx. He asked Achilles if it was worth trading his life to have his 'name' live forever. Achilles replies: "I would rather be the slave of a slave on earth, then to live here in Hades..." --Homer's The Illiad