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War fought with pieces on a board.
The land was white the seed was black. It'll take a good scholar to riddle me that.
What goes up and down but never moves?
Touch this and you'll regret it. But if it's cold, you won't forget it. What is it?
What is often on the ground getting stepped on by others, but you donโt have to wash it because it never get dirty, in fact you couldnโt wash it even if you tried?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.