Lydia frowned a little as she considered it. That was one way to look at things, but she wasn't sure how she was supposed to translate that to a worthwhile life in this place. If she was stuck here, then she didn't want to just survive. She wanted to live.

"I'm very good at chess. But I know the rules of chess, already. I know what you have to do to win it, in the end. It's strategic, but at the end of the day, you want the queen and you officially win by taking the king. How's that translate, you know?"