t Auntie Suyuan  for er June, and   unattractive and of t yarn. I was so  she had become her usual self.

    But after I got , really, my moticed different c polisrop cut out tem t mentioned my name. It ly groping eaco see  was.

    At my next tournament,  enoug. And o isfied look, as if it rategy.

    I   just t tournament. I examined every move, every piece, every square. And I could no longer see t ion of eacakes, my   my magic armor. And everybody could see t o attack me.

    Over t feer montinued to play, but never  same feeling of supreme confidence. I fougion. eful, relieved. And error t I  I  t and urned into someone quite ordinary.

    to ted so easily a feopped playing cogetested. I een.

    quot;You kno understand you,quot; said Marlene er I . quot;You can tell to piss up a rope, but you cant stand up to your o;

    quot;I alend to and ttle sneaky ttle barbs, and…quot;

    quot; you tell o stop torturing you,quot; said Marlene. quot;tell o stop ruining your life. tell o s up.quot;

    quot;ts ; I said ;You  me to tell my moto s up?quot;

    quot;Sure, ;

    quot;ell, I dont knos explicitly stated in t you cant ever tell a Co s up. You could be co your o;

    I  so muc stack icize  at first. t someticed, and t like a little piece of sand, one from tion, anotil er, rategy, tack, I  some unseen speck of truto my eye, blur ransform  o someone quite mundane, mortally iresome s and irritating imperfections.

    to my first marriage