Set in ancient Asia, two lovers conspire against their powerful leaders to avert a sure-to-be devastating war by mistranslating their correspondences.

A couple plays a guessing game. They disagree on whether a corner could be classified as an object and meet no consensus.

A schoolboard debates the merits of history—and how to remember it.

A complex web of human relationships is presented in the form of an algebraic expression.

Finally at peace after decades of war, the telepathic people of Gaant and the people of Enith can coexist, including a Gaantish military officer and an Enithi nurse. The two had become unlikely friends after being one another's prisoners during the war; they'd bonded over chess, and can now finish their game in peace.

A man and a woman converse the morning after a storm.

As conflict rages between Russia and Ukraine, a woman struggles to get through to her friend caught in the middle of it.

In an airport terminal, a former boxer recounts to his coworker about the time he punched a classmate outside of the ring and the traumatic events that transpired.