"Guess it's possible," said Heiji as Hershel started to snip away. "In a game like this, even a small change in the makeup of the group makes a huge amount of difference in the way the rounds shake out. One action leads to another, creating a chain of events..."

He looked over at the trees. "If Jake hadn't betrayed Clive, maybe Zelos wouldn't have betrayed Jake and Clive. Then Clive would have had no reason to betray Piper."