Well, he might be taking advantage of that possibility. Teasing, mostly, but it was just a fun game.

"He answered me when I first put out a call for it. He seems like a nice fellow, and clearly he keeps his word," he smiled, brushing his fingers against the edges of the board again. "It's more beautiful than I thought it would be. I expected something a little more rough, which would have been fine - I'm just happy to have a board to play on. Three more and I can make tri-dimensional chess."