Romantic? My, my, when you're the one who puts so much faith in destiny?

[ That level of teasing he can bat away with tone alone -- light, brisk, conversational. As to absolute certainty of perception, well, their current predicament raises fundamental epistemological issues, but the question of Rau's earlier appearance may be relatively simple. Rau nudges the black king piece on the floor with a booted toe, sending it gently rolling. ]

If it was only wishful thinking, would I have been arrayed against you rather than beside you?