“It would be our honor to attend, Pilate Borin. What unforgivable waste of fortune it would be, to pass by another so well-studied in the Azuran ways.”

[i]It’s games everywhere, isn’t it? Never so simple as one rung above the other.[/i]

“I have always wondered on the nature of chess; was it created for the harems, or were the harems created for it? Had there been no chess, would there be harems? Or would they have settled on another activity to satisfy their interests?”

[i]How would you keep your subordinates in line? Wouldn’t you run games of your own?[/i]