Ten thousand temples (EE reprint) question

L5R CCG Rules board, 6 November 2011

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A player, 6 November 2011

Before you lose Honor, destroy this card: Negate the Honor loss [...]

This is a version of Ten thousand temples preview on Facebook. My question: Is the destruction of the region obligatory after the first honor loss? or is the destruction a part of the cost, so it depends on my will when I will use the trait? (we've got some serious argument with friends)

Edit: My question concern the new version and wording from EE. This card is already previewed, but if it's against your policy to answer now, I will repeat this question after EE realease date.

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 November 2011

This is a version of Ten thousand temples preview on Facebook. My question: Is the destruction of the region obligatory after the first honor loss? or is the destruction a part of the cost, so it depends on my will when I will use the trait? (we've got some serious argument with friends)

Edit: My question concern the new version and wording from EE. This card is already previewed, but if it's against your policy to answer now, I will repeat this question after EE realease date.

Following our long-standing policy, we're not answering questions about Emperor Edition yet.

Do you want an answer based on the older printing, or is this specifically about the new printing?