Investment
Emir saw everything.
He saw how Felix killed, how he struggled, how he feared, how he enjoyed.
It wasn't so at the start but… Felix saw those 'lower' than him only as meals to be eaten, and he enjoyed the hunting, the killing, and especially the eating.
As if he were a man from the time before the old world, hunting for deer in the mountains, except the deer were humans and instead of mountains it was the slums.
Even the way of using leftovers remained similar for both.
That floating bowl was used later to quench his thirst for more meat as he used it to make stew, drink, even perfume, and anything else that would help delay his thirst from taking control.
None of that interested Emir, however.
He wanted to know, to understand what changed in his 'storyline' compared to the novel.
Emir needed to use it as a reference so that he could point out when the third player joined the game.
But unfortunately, his mind was useless.