Forked

Look both ways, before you're forked. “Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across."

“Vespertine creatures, coiled, preferred to emerge from their nests at dusk. He knew they were there, but nothing diminished his love for how the light was absorbed by Khaled’s black tents, the beit al-sha'r, houses of hair woven from the hair of sheep and goats, stuck to the desert floor like black knights, rooks and bishops on a chess board.

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