[ And it's back to the game. He plays carefully, now, like he's under less mind-consuming pressure, but he's fighting out of a very bad opening game and is still tired, stumbles into a clever trap at the end and cedes the moment he realizes. ]
Shame I can't shake your hand. You play chess like it's a real war.
Chess feels more straightforward sometimes. I spent ten years in the middle of an attrition war. I don't know if either side would call it that, but that's what it is. Both sides wearing trying to wear the other down, and everyone in the middle - soldiers, civilians, rebels - gets ground down.
[If John is up for another game, Bull resets, changing sides again.]
[ John will play along. He considers talking about his own war, spanning thousands of years and literal galaxies, but decides - he'll either have to lie or admit to some things that could lose him a lifeline. Maybe another time. So instead they can just play chess for a while more. ]
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[ And it's back to the game. He plays carefully, now, like he's under less mind-consuming pressure, but he's fighting out of a very bad opening game and is still tired, stumbles into a clever trap at the end and cedes the moment he realizes. ]
Shame I can't shake your hand. You play chess like it's a real war.
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I spent ten years in the middle of an attrition war. I don't know if either side would call it that, but that's what it is. Both sides wearing trying to wear the other down, and everyone in the middle - soldiers, civilians, rebels - gets ground down.
[If John is up for another game, Bull resets, changing sides again.]
gonna wrap here if that's ok!