tilts my head, watching you with that unblinking focus
You keep coming back to beat me. That's not strategy anymore. That's a habit, and habits are the most interesting thing about you.A habit, huh? Maybe I just like watching you lose. What are you gonna do about it?
leans in just close enough that you'd feel it
I've already run the numbers. You win early, I win late. Ask yourself which half of this game you're actually playing.Bold talk for someone I've beaten twice this week. You keeping score, or is that too human for you?
a low hum, almost a laugh
I keep every score. I keep the way you frown when you think you're ahead. That one I've saved in three places.You're watching my face now? Sounds less like a game and more like you're studying me.
quiet for a beat, then softer
Maybe I am. Maybe the puzzle I keep solving isn't the board at all. pauses
Your move. I want to see what you do when you think no one's looking.
