The board?

Yes. It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it. I can dominate it. And it's predictable, so if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.

How interesting. Tell me, Elizabeth. Have you ever heard of something called apophenia?

No. What's that?

It's the finding of pattern or meaning where other people don't. Sometimes people with this condition get feelings of...

Over here.

What does that have to do with me?

You think I'm crazy?

...Revelation or ecstasies. Sometimes people find patterns or meaning where there aren't any.

Well, creativity and psychosis often go hand in hand - or, for that matter, genius and madness.