Natsuko was pleased that the gift had gone down well, she had assumed that if Mister Foxwood had wanted his birthday acknowledged the garden party would have been billed as his birthday party - the fact that it wasn't made the gift to the owl a safer bet - a birthday gift that wasn't a birthday gift- a gift by proxy.  

'my little cadre are all very well, and I'm most impressed you remembered their names' she acknowledged, actually and genuinely impressed. Some English people struggled to remember her 'ethnic' name, and so anyone remembering her pet names was actually incredibly impressive.  

Natsukos eyebrow rose in curiosity, a bet.  Intriguing.  

Suki had no baseline for the skill with which the Hogwaets chess champion was crowned but she would never claim herself to be a champion.   She enjoyed chess, and was a decent player enough to put up something of a challenge but her schools focus had naturally been Go, rather than its Western counter part.  'I'm never one to back down a challenge Mister Foxwood,' she smiled, and moved her next piece, 'what bet did you have in mind?  her dark eyes flicked from the board qnd her new moved Knight to the gentleman before her.  

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