very mechanically, rath begins setting up his chess board, putting the pieces into the same positions. it is a ritual, and with it he enters a kind of trance.
rath stares at the board. the crying grows louder. he stands and walks to the door. he starts to knock but stops himself.
rath is setting up his computer system. he hears the tub
when electra comes out of the bathroom, rath is again at his chess game. she sits down across from him and sets the gun on the table between them.
it is dark now. a single desk light is on, under which rath is setting up his chess board, putting the pieces in their familiar pattern.