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abeance

Jann is minding his own business. He is playing by himself in the courtyard with a wooden sword: this definitely constitutes minding his own business. Nothing that follows is his fault.

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Reko

seewhathappens

And shows up, and plays chess with Glynn once Duke Ainar has knighted him.

Uzumaki Kaoru

avec-le-coeur

They're about evenly matched, but Glynn wins three of the five games that they play with Milo as an interested spectator.

first-and-final

"Glynn gets more practice, of the two of you," Milo suggests as an explanation for this discrepancy. "You should play more, Reko."

Reko

seewhathappens

"Not everyone is as enthusiastic about chess as you are."

first-and-final

"You can spare a minute every day or two to play a game by mail, can't you?"

Reko

seewhathappens

"If you insist."

Uzumaki Kaoru

avec-le-coeur

"It's fun," contributes Glynn.

Reko

seewhathappens

"I'm not sure how closely your sense of fun resembles mine, in light of that story I heard about you intentionally turning yourself into a rabbit."

avec-le-coeur

Glynn cracks up.

first-and-final

"What's wrong with intentionally turning yourself into a rabbit?"

Reko

seewhathappens

"Nothing at all," Reko says dryly.

abeance

It's a few months' worth of chess-by-mail later when Jann observes:

"Given any thought to the thing about the crown?"

first-and-final

"...not exactly, no."

abeance

"I mean, if you're thoroughly over it and I've been imagining the way you make eyes at his letters..."

first-and-final

"I do not make eyes!"

abeance

"Yes you do."

first-and-final

"Ugh."

abeance

"I can't figure him out as well as I can you but I have no strong reason to believe he'd laugh off the idea, you know."

first-and-final

"Do you have a strong reason to believe he wouldn't?"

abeance

"He likes you? His dating history looks exactly like yours?"

first-and-final

"What, 'desolate'? What kind of evidence is that?"

abeance

"Girls who want to date dukes are a little more common than boys who want to do the same thing, if you haven't noticed, it's a better sign than if he acted like me."

first-and-final

"On the other hand, if he acted like you it would be evidence that he was interested in dating anyone at all." He sighs. "I don't know."

abeance

"That would be the purpose of asking."

first-and-final