Tic-Tac-Toe

The Prologue   X to middle. Strong opening, but basic. Establishes instant control, but gives up the subtlety and assassin-like precision of starting with an edge or corner-square.  What was the correct response? Aaron had told me, weeks… no, months before. Had it really been months?    X’s, O’s, X’s, O’s…   There are only five pieces of each letter and just a few on the board, but to my eyes, they merge…