[A laugh ripples from him, soft and ringing, like bells on the wind.]
Letting me have the first move with white? Sure, I'll take it.
[Pawns across a board without motive, without identity, outside their players' whims and the ultimate end goal. It's a mindset one could easily fall into, uncaring and calculated.
What a good enough reason, he thinks, to remember exactly what he is.
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Letting me have the first move with white? Sure, I'll take it.
[Pawns across a board without motive, without identity, outside their players' whims and the ultimate end goal. It's a mindset one could easily fall into, uncaring and calculated.
What a good enough reason, he thinks, to remember exactly what he is.
Right?]