[Eridanus' brows go up at that smile, and while it looks odd on such a nebulous countenance, it is still a comfort. His mind has been in its own haze for weeks, and suddenly it dawns on him how much he needed to just sit and have a cup of coffee with someone kind.]

Perhaps, I am very good you know. In my homeland we have a game much more advanced than human chess. It's called fethesi.

[A somewhat dark chuckle leaves him, as if relishing in the thought of conquering yet another opponent in stratagem.]

But... yes. It would be nice to play sometime, I think I would like that. Did you play it often before? I am curious what games existed in a land of magic that is not my own.