Okay. It was a... set of death games that all of us were... born for, I guess. Which is why Yuki and I look so much alike, because-- we're like chess pieces, you know? One tied to each side, but essentially interchangeable. We're the Pawns. The purpose of all of the players was to protect the King on their side-- that would be Kazuki and Haruki, from Amethyst-- and their purpose was to kill each other. ...The Bishops Saiguuji-san and Gara were raised from a young age knowing about di[e]ce and their purpose in it, and I found out on my own when I left home, but everyone else was unaware until it started on the Kings' sixteenth birthday.

[pauses, for if Shinji has an interjection]