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drabble #10
Aug. 17th, 2008 06:59 pmPrompt 10: Game
ST:TOS K, S or K/S if you like.
AN: I think the Asaro I’ve been reading is bleeding through here.
Jim had challenged him to a game of chess the first week he took over command. It was his way of taking Spock’s measure.
Spock stopped tallying the wins and loses years ago. Just like for Jim, it became about learning his opponent. Knowing his captain’s mind.
There was a quantum beauty to the way Jim played. It could appear illogical and erratic. However, it was in reality a kind of light speed logic.
When Jim died, he put away his chessboards. Spock had a hunch there would never be another mind he would want to know that way again.
ST:TOS K, S or K/S if you like.
AN: I think the Asaro I’ve been reading is bleeding through here.
Jim had challenged him to a game of chess the first week he took over command. It was his way of taking Spock’s measure.
Spock stopped tallying the wins and loses years ago. Just like for Jim, it became about learning his opponent. Knowing his captain’s mind.
There was a quantum beauty to the way Jim played. It could appear illogical and erratic. However, it was in reality a kind of light speed logic.
When Jim died, he put away his chessboards. Spock had a hunch there would never be another mind he would want to know that way again.
