“I’m an incredible accountant.”

He catches up the cards as they’re dealt, at odds with certain conventions about that sort of thing, but doesn’t check them until she has her full hand as well. And he’ll play with her a while in as much quiet as the game allows for, sporting about his level of effort, in much the same way he’s been about collecting paper for an ant, or building a chicken coop.

“When did you get into gambling?”