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In less than an ahn we had set up our board and pieces, and I had shown Sura the placing of the pieces and their moves, and had explained some of the elementary techniques of the game to her; in the second ahn she was actually negotiating the board with alertness, always moving with an objective in mind; her moves were seldom the strongest, but they were always intelligent; I would explain moves to her, discussing them, and she would often cry out "I see!" and a lesson never needed to be repeated. "It is not often," I said, "that one finds a woman who is pleased with the game". "But it is so beautiful!" she cried. We played yet another ahn and, even in that short amount of time, her moves had become more exact, more subtle, more powerful. I became now less concerned to suggest improvements in her play and more concerned to protect my own Home Stone. "Are you sure you have never played before?" I asked. She looked at me, genuinely delighted. - (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )