We saw each other for the first time on a battlefield in ancient Greece, but promptly forgot it in the haze of fighting.
I next met him in a bazaar decades later and hundred of miles away. After our third encounter in a century, we recognized each other for what we were.
Immortals are rare, and guard their secrets jealously.
Over the centuries, I sent my resources after him, and he did the same to me. It became something like a game, with move and countermove. Slowly, we even became friends.
And finally, after millennia, we shared our first kiss.

“Chess: The Immortal Losing Game” by chase_elliott is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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