About ten minutes later.
"Your Minister is blocked by my Soldier, your Knight is surrounded by my lion and elephant, your King is thirteen squares away, and your Clown is stuck right in the corner made by the monkey and Farmer. Now I just need to push my leopard forward..."
As he spoke, the Clown picked up Richard's white Clown Chess piece and tossed it off the board, speaking softly, "Passerby, it looks like you've lost."
"Indeed." Richard nodded after hearing the Clown's words, showing neither anger nor surprise. To be honest, it would have been problematic if he had won. After all, how could he not lose without fully grasping the rules?
However...
Richard looked up at the Clown and said, "Let's play another round."
"Alright." The Clown happily agreed, swiftly setting up the pieces again and moving them.
"Clack, clack, clack..."
The pieces were picked up, the pieces were set down, and the sound of conversation sporadically rose.
