"Got it," says James. She proceeds to lay out the major chess pieces on the floor according to Chris's specifications. Cam's diamond queen stands close to the middle of the room, facing the window; the white rooks stand one in front of her and one behind, with the one in front about two feet away and the one behind more like six, putting them about equally distant from the centre of the floor pattern. The tourmaline king stands on the queen's left, the tourmaline queen on her right, each with a black rook in front of them; together, the four rooks form a square centered on the middle of the room. She leaves the fairy pawns clustered between the square and the window, but collects knights, bishops, and spare king to put them all on the long table.