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Checkmate! The word pierced the drowsy quiet of the dining hour. Its echo seemed to double upon itself, a second voice threading through the first from somewhere unseen. *Checkmate.* A reply came, crisp and final, unmistakably tied to a game. The instinct to follow that sound tugged at you, but the meal before you remained, its completion a quiet demand.