Hera doesn't answer. She watches his move, and then studies her own.

And as her first opponent had played when introducing her to the game, she keeps the pace slow, but her own moves ruthless. She considers what she knows about Kanan, about the Terran Empire and what it would foster, about Betazoids, what he may sense from her. How he's acted toward her so far.

This, combined with Kanan's tendency to avoid, and to retreat, means she makes quick work of his defenses. She doesn't draw out the game, moving in for checkmate at her earliest opportunity.