Chase's eyes lit up and his guards tensed. They were ready to sedate him the instant he made a move on the boy.<br/><br/>Chase was happy, very happy, and very excited. He'd found someone who would play with him. A slight look of surprise crossed his face when he realized something. It was hard to find people here who would play with him, so maybe, he should play a different game with the boy, one where neither of them would die. That way, they could continue to play with each other for a while yet to come. Someday, maybe he'd ask the boy to play<span style="font-style: italic">the</span>game with him, but for now, he decided to come up with a new one.<br/><br/>Chase took a step back and looked around the rec room. What was something they could play a game with? His guards, relaxed just ever so slightly, but it was more out of confusion than assurance. The way the game had worked in the past, as soon as a person had agreed to it, Chase would quite literally tear them apart, urging them to fight back. But then again, he hadn't said "would you like to play the game with me?" he'd said "would you like to play with me?" Maybe he had something else in mind entirely.<br/><br/>Soon, Chase's eyes fell on some jump ropes. He made his way over to them and set them up criss cross like a tick tack toe board. He waved for the boy to come over. "I made up a game," Chase said, well aware that his guards were watching him like a hawk. "It's like tick tack toe; I'll be X's and you can be O's. Three in a row means you win." Then Chase pointed to three dumbbells he had set on each side of the board. "These are like life points," he said. "Every time you lose, you have to put one back. When you don't have any more, you lose the game. But," he said, and took off one of his shoes, "Each time we start over, We'll put my shoe on one of the spaces, and that space is out of play. Whoever has the most life points left gets to choose where the shoe goes. If the game ties, we both loose a life point." He held out his shoe to the boy. "If it lands face up," Chase said, "I'll place the shoe, and you can go first. It'll be reversed if the shoe lands upside down or on its sides. You can throw it," he said, smiling to the boy.<br/><br/>Chase's guards were confused. Was it possible the boy really just wanted to play a normal game?