"So basically you're sticking around to watch us all fuck up ?" "Yes. It's one of life's few guaranteed constants." - Iain Banks

He might come in useful," Cenuij said.
"Yeah," Zefla said. "So's a broken leg if you want to kick yourself in the back of the head.

This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. The man is a game-player called “Gurgeh.” The story starts with a battle that is not a battle, and ends with a game that is not a game.

Any theory which causes solipsism to seem just as likely an explanation for the phenomena it seeks to describe ought to be held in the utmost suspicion.