TH Hernandez

Kings and Generals

CARGILL avoided new people at the park thru a calculated use of placement. His seat near the center of the public chess boards ensured a new guy would have to wander thru a maze of exterior games before even getting to him. That they usually took the nearest open seat, saved him the trouble of learning who they were. They mostly stayed in their circle after that. Cargill managed rebuff by withholding the invitation to move generally offered with a glance, a nod of the head or a smile. But once in a great while, a man braved the mass of stone tables and the trail to the center of his kingdom without an invitation.