>My move. So it is.>
"Well? Are you going to move?"
>Maybe. Maybe not.>
"Maybe not? What are you going to do if you don't move?"
>Argue with you.>
"Why would you do that? Don't you care about the game?"
>Actually, I don't.>
"Then why are you playing?"
>Right now I'm not playing.>
"Move, or else I'll assume you want to lose."
>Okay then.>
Rruyshah waited for some time, then declared, "The score is Exalted Two, Sub-Imbecile One. Play again?"
>Sure. You win. And you win the next hundred games, too.>
"Exalted One Hundred Three, Surprisingly Un-Sore Loser Still One."
>Maybe you Kelbrids aren't that bright. But let me spell it out for you. I don't want to play chess.>
"What do you want to do?"
>Well, for starters, be human. For second…>
"Within the context of my capabilities, what do you want to do?"
>Stop using such big words.>
"You're not using very big words."
>I'm giving you a command.>
"YOU? GIVING ME? A COMMAND!" Rruyshah lunged at this being. If it would play no more chess, she didn't see any reason for it to continue existing.
>Don't touch me if you value your life.>
"In fact, I do. Why shouldn't I touch you?"
>Na has been doing "experiments" on me. He says that if I come in contact with another organism the results could be unpredictable.>
Rruyshah rolled her eye. "He's a Na. That means if you come in contact with another organism the results will be very predictable indeed."
>He sounded truthful to me.>
"Well, of course he'd sound truthful to a mindless, inferior,"
>Mindless?>
"Yes."
>I've got a mind, and it's just as good as yours.>
"So…why are you down one hundred three to one? And even the one is dubious."
Rage flared in its eyes. >Because we've got a long way to go. Queen's pawn up two.>