all lowercase letters: Like every other chapter title of this fic, this chapter's title is in all lowercase letters.
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Following the convention of naming every chapter title after a Hamilton lyric, this chapter takes its title from the lyric “Knight takes rook" from "Right Hand Man."
Meaningful Echo: "Aaron, will you promise me something? Don’t—don’t ever do this to yourself again." Quote from chapter 1, and echoed again in chapter 2.
Offing the Mouth: Aaron’s Strongly Worded Letter to King George III enrages him to the point he sends General Clinton an order to focus the entire British army and navy on killing Aaron Burr.
Rewatch Bonus: “Aaron, will you promise me something? Don’t—don’t ever do this to yourself again.” from chapter 1 is pretty clearly meaningfully echoed in chapter chapter 2 and 14 when Aaron thinks of the first time it was said. What isn’t immediately obvious is that the chapter 2 echo is not word-for-word, it’s missing one of the “don’t”snote chapter 2: “Aaron, will you promise me something? Don’t ever do this to yourself again.”, but the chapter 14 one is a word-for-word quote of the original in chapter 1. Even still, this can seem like a typo or paraphrase until you realize that Aaron has a perfect memory for his past lifetimes but not the current one. In Aaron’s first lifetime, Alexander says the quote (chapter 1) and Aaron misremembers it (chapter 2), and in Aaron’s second lifetime he perfectly remembers Alexander’s quote (chapter 14).
Strongly Worded Letter: An open letter from Aaron to King George III. Unlike most examples, it’s not useless. Aaron writes it intending to give the Continental Army an energizing spark, and that’s exactly what happens.
