*lays out
his begetting day presents*
Two parcels, wrapped in fine blue paper, with silver ribbons.
The first, a largish, square box, inside which is a set of chess men, carved from ebony, each piece bound with mithril or gold in a lef-pattern.
*looks at the second slightly nervously, and then smiles wickedly*
It is almost flat, rectangular, or
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