'She must be doing something to absorb the liquid'
'If this is really a normal cup, it should have overflowed by now. Is he pulling something weird with his tongue again?'
Unfortunately, Hynemtopep's love of the game had led him to add many restrictions that constricted both his opponents and himself. They were basically stuck in their current positions, save for some simple movements they were allowed to make for the purpose of playing the game.
Thus, he could not get out of his seat to get another angle of Maliah playing, and the same was true in reverse. Although cheating at the games was basically the law of the land here, cheating through the restrictions was another story, and to ensure that the law was unbreakable, Hynemtopep had had to ensure that even he, the creator, was bound by them.
The two contestants had to either make the glass overflow or figure out the precise manner in which the other was rigging the game. It was easier said than done, however.
