I learn from my mistakes.
I tip my hand and the players read my tell. One sees my cards so bluntly that I can no longer hide them from the others. It looks like a bad bet. No one wins with this kind of hand. They throw their money in the center, just enough to keep me in the game and make me think I still have a chance...
The test is simple...endanger the Masquerade to prove beyond a shadow that I am the superior Dragon. One simple task; two players; years of consequences...
I stare them down and put on my best game face. The bet is to me. I looked at my cards again, carefully tipping them forward once more. The odds are against me. Less than a five percent chance I will win. Raise...
Children are easy; give them what they want and let them do what they want. All I have to do is stand there and make sure they don't die. It's a test of inaction...
Call...
Walk in, complete the task and end this...
Fold...
I concede...
A straight on the river...counting cards is easy when they move so slow...now they're pissed because I quit.
He doesn't understand why I won't even take his test...
They don't understand why I won't play their game...
I learn from my mistakes.
