[She watches him a moment, taking this in, and then gets up from her chair long enough to retrieve a pair of decorative coffee mugs from the fireplace mantel; after emptying the arrangements of pine branches and berries onto the nearest end table, she overturns the mugs and places them upside-down on the table at the edge of the board without explanation — one on her side and one on his.]
I never mind if you ask me for advice.
[She regards the pawns, then moves a knight — and once it's in place, she reaches over and taps her mug, now a makeshift stand-in for the timer that isn't there.]
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I never mind if you ask me for advice.
[She regards the pawns, then moves a knight — and once it's in place, she reaches over and taps her mug, now a makeshift stand-in for the timer that isn't there.]