"Hmph." He watched the bits of broken pawn slide onto the floor, and wondered whether they would survive their encounter with Essery's cat. The odds seemed slim. "We'll just see who pulls the advantage, then. If I were given to betting - But then, I wouldn't want you to think of it as a challenge." He would have had to have been much more confident to wager anything at all, but there was no need not to act self-satisfied. Or to fail to accept the invitation.
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