"So how do you play this game?" asked Poropo, pondering the arrangement, shape, and color of the pieces. The child explained in meticulous detail how to play the game of chess and the once-country monk could pick on a thing or two without too much struggle, "Very well, I believe I have all the knowledge I require to win - just because you are a child means nothing to me - I will trounce you, in the name of the Iron Deity."
The child was not phased by Poropo's grandstanding, especially after the monk lost the first game in less than ten turns. Poropo tried again but nothing came of trying a second time either. Again and again Poropo attempted to best the child, but the child was a prodigy and Poropo a beginner, "I feel bamboozled...maybe anther game."
Surprised by Poropo's mental resilience, the child started to talk during the games about his troubles, "...and then there are my two, older brothers. They are far more accomplished than I am and I don't-"