Consideration for a game we didn't ask to play, but were tossed into regardless.

[Idly, he pets Ryn's tentacles.]

But then why cheat? If it were one person given advantage over all the others from the start, why bother with the whole of the game to begin with? Just choose a favorite, afford them the favor, and hang the rest of us. And if it's not one of us that's behind the malevolent influence, then who benefits from introducing it at all?