Draiss carefully set Avi to one side, before jumping up and giving an extravagant and unnecessary bow, before sitting back down and pulling his solar back into his lap. When he finally answered her, it was in a language only she could understand, carefully selected to ensure no one would understand it. "My thanks for the compliment, my lady, though now I am curious as to who the other two are. And since this game took several hours, and was far closer than I care to admit, it might be a while before the next one, since I am mortal based and therefore easily distracted by shinies or other such delicious distractions. There were several times when if I had gone with my first, second, or once, even my third, guess, I would likely have been beaten."<br/><br/>He stretched, noting the game was the second longest one he had ever engaged in, only surpassed by the three day long one between him and Gammon which had ended in a draw, barely, for Gammon, as Draiss had accidentally backed him into a corner where he couldn't move without putting a royal in danger. He tilted his head to the side, the politician in him coming out. "Though I AM curious as to why."<br/><br/>He didn't bother to elaborate the last 'not-question' as it applied to most of the various why possibilities.