"Hah. Fighting. As if there is even a fight to begin with." He languidly gestured a hopeless swoop of his hand. "They won many years ago. They made the game, my pretty little birdy. They cannot lose."
His crinkled, snarling smile turned into a somewhat blank expression, as if he was lost in thought...in theories from long ago that had gathered dust and been tucked away somewhere in the back of his mind.
"I...cannot help you. Not very much, at least, no. But I will give you what little I can. If you do something for me, yes."