A/N: Tiny thing that got lodged in the back of my brain somehow a couple days ago. Also, the characters are Robert Jordan's not mine, usual disclaimer, et cetera.

"This game does not accurately represent warfare."

"You only say that when you are losing."

"On the contrary, I say it all the time: you only hear it when you're winning."

"Given that either condition is a constant, I fail to see how it makes a difference," Moridin replied, ignoring Demandred's sudden scowl. "Your move."

Demandred, still scowling, nevertheless sent a thread of saidin to shift one of his pieces, not deigning to move his hands from their folded position.

Moridin reflected that if the other Chosen wanted him to take his pronouncements seriously, what he ought to do was begin refusing to play board games with him.