The law was not unlike a good game of chess, he reflected. If one planned more moves ahead than one’s opponent, the game was won long before the final moves were played. His opponent had even given herself a handicap, and told him what moves she’d make—so his only challenge was to play to the best of his ability, and there he had no doubts. Luna was his only variable; otherwise, it was a done deal. It was difficult to lose a game when his ‘opponent’ was on his side—yet that was no excuse for poor planning. He knew of several noble unicorn houses that had discovered the hard way that what they had believed was a sure thing had been anything but.