Talk:Bet on the Impetuous Butler/@comment-2001:7D0:8309:F80:5F9:3DF0:7A25:F2B0-20190725121524

Failure: =Checkmate= The Butler's plays are dangerous, audacious attacks, throwing black pieces into the Cook's rear ranks whilst jousting for control of the centre. She responds with slow, relentless counters, lifting her pieces with fingers grown strong from kneading the morning bread.

In the end, the white tide is as weighty as a rolling pin. The Butler's options reduce, and reduce, until the king is hemmed in on his rear rank against a trapped bishop. The Cook offers a kind word with the handshake; it seems the Butler is still learning.

You have lost the bet. Still, as the players pack away their pieces, you overhear a little something about their employer.

You were unlucky. Better luck next time...

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