[THEN LET US ESTABLISH THAT IT WAS A CLOSE MATCH I suppose? One that ends in Simon's victory, regardless, with all those factors making it all the more impressive.]

Very well done, Mr. Keyes.

I imagine you're quite a bit more skilled than Mr. Knightley ever was, despite his evident passion for the game. [Is passion the right word for it? All he knows is that in the collective... two to four hours he ended up spending around that man, the dude would not stop the goddamn chess metaphors. Or the weird air chess.]