"'He' being Elonen. He has a bit of a gaming addiction." The liar made it clear with his expression that he was more than happy to remind Shay which of them was the better gamer.
But then they became silent. It was a question they were forbidden from answering, but they wanted so much to be able to tell the truth.
Quiet, the liar said, "There are always rules. Things that must be done. Moves that are forbidden. Though sometimes the game is changed, and though we sometimes play smaller games in larger games, my King and I can never stop playing: that is our contract in the largest game of them all. Someone here has learned the rules currently in play. And we dare not lose or forfeit this game."
Unlike the liar, the king did not mask his fury with a smile. "So we are the most easily used pieces. We have the immortality to survive any opposition, and, foreign to the plans of those who covet this machine's power, we cannot be traced back to the one who would so ill-use us."
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But then they became silent. It was a question they were forbidden from answering, but they wanted so much to be able to tell the truth.
Quiet, the liar said, "There are always rules. Things that must be done. Moves that are forbidden. Though sometimes the game is changed, and though we sometimes play smaller games in larger games, my King and I can never stop playing: that is our contract in the largest game of them all. Someone here has learned the rules currently in play. And we dare not lose or forfeit this game."
Unlike the liar, the king did not mask his fury with a smile. "So we are the most easily used pieces. We have the immortality to survive any opposition, and, foreign to the plans of those who covet this machine's power, we cannot be traced back to the one who would so ill-use us."