The opening shows Paladin playing a game of chess (white) against his opponent "The Professor" (black). The professor moves his bishop and then informs Paladin that he will checkmate Paladin in 2 moves. Paladin then checkmates the Professor in one move. However, The Professor misspoke: he would have been able to checkmate Paladin in one more move, not 2, by moving his queen diagonally and taking the white pawn.