"You sure," Malcolm asks him as he watched the board before moving his bishop again, "I mean I don't want you to buy me something expensive only for me to buy you something cheap. That doesn't seem right." He had noticed that Camron had begun to pick his nails and raised a brow, as he was a bit confused on why he was doing that.

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(Well it seems that he's a good luck stud then. Lol )

["I am sure, I grew up with cheaper things." He moved his queen, "Besides, most of the time the expensive version of the things I like are not that different from the cheap version." He began to pick at his nails again.]

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(I meant to reply last night and apparently fell asleep before replying- good job to me-)

"Alright," Malcolm says in an understanding voice, "that is true I suppose." He looks at the board before moving a pawn forward.

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(Lol that's ok. Sorry mine is short ;-; )

[He picked at his nail for a moment before moving a pawn. "Most of the time it feels like the expensive things are just bought so you can flash the money you used to have." He watched the board as he thought. "Sometimes expensive can be better than cheap but it really depends."]

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(all good)

He watches Camron's movement on the board and thinks for a few moments. He then moves a pawn diagonally to take out one of Camron's pawns. "Yeah having expensive things does depend," he explains, "but sometimes people do good with expensive things. I've heard of some richer people in other countries building factories to make some sort of item that should be expensive for how much it costs to make it, but then they sell it cheap to the public."

[He moved a bishop after a moment of looking over the board. "People who use money for good are good." He began to pick his nails once more, "when I was younger I wanted to save the world, I grew up and realized it was not happening." He sighed, " then I just got a job protecting rich people from others."]
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(sorry this post is so weird- I am extremely tired for some reason- like I can't keep my eyes open but I know I'll forget to post by tomorrow, I'm extremely tired so it is definitely extremely weird-)

Malcolm rolled his eyes some at Camron's last two comments before moving the last pawn he moved forward again. "Well think of it this way. Yes you can't save the world but you can save this kingdom by protecting me," he suggests, trying to add a different perspective to the story.

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(It's ok! Hope that you get some rest and feel better tomorrow.)

[He watched him with a sigh, "Just wait, I'll fail and then let more people down." He moved his knight forward. "I've always taken jobs protecting spoiled rich kids. This is a far different pace for me, more stress and struggle." He ripped a price of excess nail off.]
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(thanks, I did get some rest, yesterday was very weird for me)

Malcolm frowned and leaned forward to look at Camron. "You need to stop beating your self up like that," he says in a stern voice, "trust me. You are one of the best guards I have ever had and I trust that you won't try to fail and will work as hard as you can to protect me." He lets that settle into Camron for a moment before moving his bishop a few diagonal spaces.

[He glanced at malcolm before going back to picking his nails, "I am physically capable of protecting you, I also may be smart, I do also know that most people are able to find me charming when they meet me which makes me more likable." He moved a pawn as he found his words, "my issue is not any of those, I know very well I could protect you, but the issue I face is more psychological, I believe I will mess up because I was raised on such an idea. Protecting someone is stressful, especially someone of a high rank, you never know what will happen or when something will happen, you try to force yourself to stay alert when you physically cannot anymore, it is so incredibly easy to mess up completely and fail all because you let your guard down once." He sighed staring at his hands, "Apologies." He spoke after a moment.]

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(I don't know why this got a little depressing- I'm having an incredibly weird night and my brain is a little scattered so I don't know how this even came to mind as a reply-)