He knows by now, though, that she will only be annoyed, and finish the figure herself, if he doesn't continue. He puts in his last O, and smiles with the girl as she takes the pencil and draws the last X.
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He draws his O in the edge space and gives the pencil
back to Marta.
She looks at him, or perhaps at the board, with a
sharper smile, and puts her X where it makes two
almost-complete rows.
He can only block one, so her Xs will win.
He knows by now, though, that she will only be annoyed, and finish the figure herself, if he doesn't continue. He puts in his last O, and smiles with the girl as she takes the pencil and draws the last X.
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