Yeah, ‘Rationalization’ works as a title on several levels. You gotta feel at least a little bad for that entity, though. The situation is obviously not optimal, only nobody involved and making dumb decisions particularly wants it fixed. They just want somebody to blame. We’ve all been there.
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I’ve been working on a worldbuilding mechanic along these lines, and the Djinn one you posted on Patreon (Subscribe Today!).
Basically, at the Fall the demons wanted to be gods, so the Most High cursed them with “Okay, but this is not going to be as easy as you think. You are now Obligated to Honor whatever Deals you sought to make, and it will go about at well as I told you it would.”