06.08.05

one so terrible

As they play, all I can think about is what must bee the cool smooth feeling of those pebbles as they reach their fingers in.
The black and white stones.
Of course he would be playing this; Mathematical geniuses always play these kinds of games. They need some kind of release ad this is close enough to fun, close enough to math � dealing in black and white, almost zeros and ones, almost patterns and algorithms- for it to appeal.
I wonder what he must have been like when he was younger, if he still had these nervous ticks, those blinding headaches. There was an article that said evolution was the reason those Jews had such diseases, why they were so bright. It said that the same thing was responsible for both, like sickle cell and malaria resistance. That and the lack of interbreeding.
But I think it is so novel for them to be playing this, the old man and his pupil who has gone awry. In a few seconds the old man will be discredited. He will say that he has given up. The game will end and he will smile, one smooth stone in hand.

shi-ou-sama at 11:26 a.m.

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