Consider these sides of dialogue:

King-Lu: I see something in this land I haven't seen before. Pretty much everywhere has been touched by now. But this is still new, more nameless things around here than you can shake an eel at!

Cookie: Doesn't seem new to me, seems old.

King-Lu: Everything is old if you look at it that way.

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King-Lu: I think we should test the waters. Next batch, Cookie, we'll take to market. I've heard a fortune is made on this.

Cookie: That seems dangerous.

King-Lu: So is anything worth doing.

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King-Lu: History isn't here yet. It's coming, but we got here early this time. Maybe this time, we can be ready for it. We can take it on our own terms.

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I noted this before, the concept that this verdant land is something akin to the biblical version of Eden. A Garden of Paradise. Into that environment emerges The Innocent (Cookie). A simple man who engages Nature in The Present. What he needs, he finds, and prepares (as a cook) in the moment. That explains in part why he isn't very good at his job. When we first meet him, there is very little food in storage for the group of hunters. In fact, they deride him for his ineffectiveness in keeping food supplies in reserve.

He meets someone: King-Lu. This character looks at Nature and sees opportunity. Moreover, he looks at Cookie and perceives someone who can facilitate his (King-Lu's) entrepreneurial vision.

Given that setup, look at the dialogue again. Think of King-Lu as the Serpent in the biblical story of the Garden of Eden. Doesn't he (King-Lu) come across as a Tempter? He gives Cookie a taste of money, then lures him into a life of crime enlivened by the allure of greed.

King-Lu is a seductive figure. Cookie is the victim of his seduction. Doesn't that echo Genesis chapter two?