I don't give anything away. Either you find something worth offering, you do something worthy of reward, or you owe me a favour for the future.

[It's a simple enough explanation. His power's ancient, and he's petty. Grasping the Ring, he holds it up.]

Here. Put your hand on this. I'll show you what I'm talking about.

[He'll lower the guards on it... so that Kai can feel the boundless darkness within it. The darkness that has been his home for so long. And in his world, darkness isn't just the absence of light... it's pure, dangerous, power. Worse yet, the Ring has been tainted by the hatred of its' original inhabitants. That darkness is the kind that seeps into you like a poison, corrupting you little by little. It's everything Kai's been warned about.]