"Hehe...there's a reason I started my own game as both the black player and the black queen," she says.

"But I didn't have the luxury of setting this one up. We'll just have to trust in the Certainty that our hard work will be rewarded, won't we?"

The narration would point out the smug teasing with which she says that, but really, that should be the assumed tone of almost everything she says.

"I'm a bit surprised not to see your other half, actually. Did you leave her impaled on something interesting, or are the Arcana being sloppy and inconsiderate in their invitations again?" she asks, genuinely curious.