That needs to be modified slightly; Rugatonn weighs costs, decides not to say that in front of Sevar.
"That particular move in the throne room is one I'd almost never play, even if I was making an indulgent move against Abrogail, if circumstances had become less strange than they have now become. Under circumstances less strange than these, I would be very unlikely to do something because it was cruelly funny, in a situation otherwise of interest to Asmodeus. Cruel in other ways, certainly, but not cruelly funny. Has your mastery of Keltham's teachings of Law reached the point where you can already guess why?"