"Fair," [he repeats, a note of irritated incredulity filtering into his voice as he moves another piece to counter. It exposes his knight to be taken by her own, but he can then take hers with his pawn if need be.] Okumura-san, I hope you're not still operating under the naïve assumption that life is "fair."
[It sounds particularly rich coming from the heiress, when compared to the circumstances of his own upbringing. Not that he doubts her life was miserable, even so: he can't speak for her childhood, but his own dealings with the elder Okumura had made it quite clear how he'd only seen his employees, and even his own daughter, as a means to catapult himself to greater heights.]
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[It sounds particularly rich coming from the heiress, when compared to the circumstances of his own upbringing. Not that he doubts her life was miserable, even so: he can't speak for her childhood, but his own dealings with the elder Okumura had made it quite clear how he'd only seen his employees, and even his own daughter, as a means to catapult himself to greater heights.]