I've seen the "beta warlord taking the orphan under his wing" godfather-scenario unfold several times. Several SLEs and LSIs have tried to apply it on me. Betas shouldn't try to apply it on deltas, because deltas don't care about social power relationships and will expose the 'scam'(gammas will expose it too to some degree). To a certain degree, social power relies on an illusion that only exists because people 'get away with it', not because what they say or do is especially nice or wise. Like the emperor's new clothes.
Scenario with the orphan being a delta:
Both people probably believe what they say to be true and good in their intentions; notice how sensibilities are different. Deltas are very sensitive to people trying to wield 'mental power' over them. The powerful is not the one who has social power and a lot of friends(beta aristocracy) but the one who can re-make other people into someone they aren't, through a 'schooling' or other indoctrination systems(delta aristocracy).Warlord godfather: "Let me help you, I see a lot of myself in you; I have a lot of powerful friends, this is your chance"
Delta orphan: "Haha I don't care! you just want to use me as power move to show you can control the destinies of those less fortunate than you; I don't need you, you need me. You need me to give you power over myself, to allow you to make me your little loyal and obedient mentee, so that you can see adoration and respect for your ideals in my eyes since you can't give it to yourself. But you can't shape me as you want. You are mistaken over me, I'm better than you, because I don't need someone weaker than me to make me feel good about myself; I weave my own thread and live my own life with my free will!"
Warlord godfather: "Everything I do is for your good! You will regret your insolence!" (You made me feel bad for half a minute and now I will treat you as an ennemy forever! I will never let it go!!)
Gamma and Alpha 'democrats' seem way less sensitive to social or 'mental' power(gamma = 'logistic' power=the ones who can decide and do are the powerful; alpha = 'mediatic' power = the renowned ones who control communication are the powerful).