[IC] Day 83, during the game

[thexfactor]

[ dateee ]

Comments

[grandstanding]

Because we're separate.

[thexfactor]

Yes . . . We are.

[grandstanding]

[he moves another piece.]

Check.

[thexfactor]

Not bad.

[grandstanding]

Are you giving up already?

[thexfactor]

Of course not.

[grandstanding]

Good.

[thexfactor]

[ moves a bishop to protect his king ]

You're right, though. My team does look up to me.

[grandstanding]

It bothers you sometimes.

[thexfactor]

I don't like the idea.

[grandstanding]

So you've said.

[thexfactor]

It feels dangerous. Like I could be taking control and no one would protest.

[grandstanding]

Sometimes people need someone to take control, Charles.

[thexfactor]

It doesn't have to be me.

[grandstanding]

[everything he's heard about Ometotchtli says otherwise.]

You're overthinking this. You said you could take control, not that you have.

[thexfactor]

[ w e e p ]

I don't know. Maybe I should.

[grandstanding]

If you find a compelling reason to.

Until then, you're too worried about your own potential mistakes to do it.

[thexfactor]

I suppose.

[grandstanding]

Stop worrying about it.

[thexfactor]

Yes, yes.

[grandstanding]

[hands him one of the cakes]

[thexfactor]

Thank you.

[grandstanding]

Well, they're your cakes.

[thexfactor]

Good ones too.

[grandstanding]

Are they.

[cakes all taste mostly the same to him.]