[IC] Day 67, Afternoon

[thexfactor]

[ sometimes, future megalomaniacs like to have dates. ]

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[grandstanding]

[he'd been about to say it's not that obvious, but the latter part pulls him up short]

--what? What do you mean?

[thexfactor]

I mean . . . [ he exhales ] My shard apparently stops my legs from working.

[grandstanding]

But that doesn't make any sense. That's not a skill. Maybe it doesn't work on humans?

[thexfactor]

I don't know. I haven't put it in after . . .

[grandstanding]

Understandable.

[but...]

You'll still need to try it.

[thexfactor]

And if it's the same?

[grandstanding]

Then it's obviously broken and you need to take it back to the Echo.

[thexfactor]

What makes you think it's broken?

[grandstanding]

Because not being able to move your legs isn't a skill.

[thexfactor]

The Echoes haven't made a mistake with shards before.

[grandstanding]

You don't know that. And I highly doubt they're infallible.

[thexfactor]

. . . I suppose it's worth considering.

[grandstanding]

Of course it is. Don't just accept it without knowing for sure.

[thexfactor]

Honestly, I just left it alone.

[grandstanding]

I know, you said. But it's something you need to confirm.

[thexfactor]

Right. Of course.

[grandstanding]

Do you want me to come back with you, when you test it?

[thexfactor]

. . . Yes. Please.

[grandstanding]

All right.

[reaches over to cover Charles' hand with his own]

[thexfactor]

Castling was so scared.

[grandstanding]

[he says nothing to that; doesn't know what to say, really.]

[thexfactor]

I couldn't really say anything in the face of that.

[grandstanding]

Sometimes, there aren't words.

[thexfactor]

I suppose not.

[grandstanding]

[gives his hand a squeeze, before withdrawing it. he studies the board and takes one of Charles' pawns with a rook.]

Check.