"Hm..." Porky muttered worriedly, "You may have a point...I was banking on people...well, not necessarily not wanting to hurt me, but more like not wanting to have someone's blood on their hands...but, I'm traveling with someone tonight, and she knows about my...condition. I ought to be fine."

"And you'd better not doubt my feelings about humans," Porky almost sneered, "I've been treated like shit for my entire life. Not once has anyone ever helped me out of the goodness of their heart, assuming any of those idiots had a heart. Anyway, I can almost guarantee my life has been ten times worse than yours."

"Thanks for worrying about me, though!" Porky said as he grinned and winked at Evangeline, "You must care about me even if it's just a little bit! In any event, let's move on to the game, shall we? Your move."

In a few moments, the game was underway. Evangeline's opening moves were rather standard, but she made the curious choice of bringing her queen out early...mmmm, she was quite rash, wasn't she? No matter. That would only make it easier to beat her. A few moves later, Porky had taken the first piece: a pawn. He looked up and grinned at Evangeline.

"So much for deathless, eh?" Porky chuckled, "And here I was expecting a perfect game from you."