"Versatility is a virtue. Even if it's only as much as you can stand. That's why I can play as many tactical games as I do." And he didn't even like all of them. Though Go was eternally his favorite.

He almost offered that his mother was a musician. He held back. But the attempt at words, the cut short offer, was about as well hid as that mysterious shimmer in her appearance.

"Should I let you return to your companion? I don't want to monopolize your time."