Chilling without Repercussion (Abdul Raham)

[ABDUL-RAHMAN AL-JARKAS]

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Abdul-Rahman's mind drifted for some period of time. He quickly realized that reconstructing proto-Turkic would be difficult because there were few records of any written Turkic language until the early medieval times. However, perhaps the Huns were Turkic. That was one of those linguistic debates continuing to this day.

He had always been fascinated by Turkic languages and peoples. He never quite knew why. There were, of course, Turkic peoples in the North Caucasus, but the native ones were the Kumyks, Balkars, and Karachays. He quickly remembered that he was playing chess.

Raul tried to take Abdul-Rahman's pawn on b5. He waited to see if he would correct his mistake. Finally, he said "That isn't a legal move."

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[RAUL-PHILIPPE NIX]

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Raul wished instantly that he could take back his last move as his cheeks grew red. His cheeks grew red and he bit his lip. He took back the move and scratched his head. “Can’t you move sidewise when taking another piece?” he asked. He felt ignorant and stupid in the eyes of this guy, and hoped that Abdul-Rahman wasn’t thinking the same thing that Raul-Philippe was currently thinking about himself. He felt like a moron, a total idiot who was making a fool of himself.

But he wasn’t. He just wasn’t as sure of himself. He bit his lip rather hard and then backed off again, reminding himself that this was just for fun. He wished he could explain himself out of embarrassment, but it was hard.

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