[Thatch actually chuckles at those words. Almost laughs-- his grin is bright anyway.]
That's exactly it, don't bring a knife to a gunfight and don't sacrifice a pawn for the king. Let's work on your guard.
[and he begins advancing in slow movements, designed to show Natsuno his openings and trying to get him to move the best way to defend them]
Chess and shogi are good if you're a marine. Good if you're fighting a marines. Know how they think. Hold it out a bit more or you'll strain your wrist. There you go. But we're pirates. Pirates fighting pirates. The strange things of the sea. We make ourselves pawns, bishops, knights, twisted abberations of all three. We fight with our hearts and passion to protect those we love be it mate or captain or captain who would be king.
If you're going to lead any man into battle as a pirate you have to think of where they would most like to be. Who would prefer to run and who would stand and who you have to drag away from the line. We're not naval commanders who choose who live and die but it's we who throw ourselves into the line of fire for another's sake.
[he begins to pick up speed. Still slow but allowing Natsuno less time to think]
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That's exactly it, don't bring a knife to a gunfight and don't sacrifice a pawn for the king. Let's work on your guard.
[and he begins advancing in slow movements, designed to show Natsuno his openings and trying to get him to move the best way to defend them]
Chess and shogi are good if you're a marine. Good if you're fighting a marines. Know how they think. Hold it out a bit more or you'll strain your wrist. There you go. But we're pirates. Pirates fighting pirates. The strange things of the sea. We make ourselves pawns, bishops, knights, twisted abberations of all three. We fight with our hearts and passion to protect those we love be it mate or captain or captain who would be king.
If you're going to lead any man into battle as a pirate you have to think of where they would most like to be. Who would prefer to run and who would stand and who you have to drag away from the line. We're not naval commanders who choose who live and die but it's we who throw ourselves into the line of fire for another's sake.
[he begins to pick up speed. Still slow but allowing Natsuno less time to think]
Do you understand what I'm saying, lad?