>>13866868Aw c'mon man, what benefit wouldn't you get?
She's rich, pretty cute, has influence due to the previous two, and you can maybe help her be a better pony towards others, thereby helping everyone be a big circle of friends. Which might be useful in the future, you never know...
Plus, think of all the parties that wealthy tiara wearing cutie could fund for you!
>>13866890Cost and reward, anon!
If you specify his talent and give him a mark, that's what he's great at, but you just lost potential to be good at something else. And it might be harder to get close to certain ponies. Maybe not, but maybe so.
Meta gaming vs potential
Potentially useful ability vs random potentially useless ability
Or I can make a secret roll against an ability chart and not tell you, then when you perform an action regarding that ability special things happen until you realize what your talent is and he gets his mark then. Just a thought.