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"Why would I mind? You can ask me anything. A few Eternals matters I should keep private, but for myself, I am not a very private individual."

He moves over and sits next to her. "I am afraid I must admit not quite understanding economic scale. Last time I was here, I elected to find out if poker would make a suitable addition to my collection. At first, I lost a good deal of money, and was about to quit. Anya loaned me a few hundred dollars and insisted I keep it, so I decided to try a few more games, and realized something. My understanding of the rules had been incomplete, which was why it was making no sense, and gambling with the odds were not working. Rather, I came to understand that the primary objective of the game was deception, and essentially lying to the other players while successfully ascertaining if they were being truthful."

He ponders a few moments.
"In the Skrull Empire, they have a game, Guhlbahn, very popular among children especially, which consists entirely of weaving subtle fallacies into a mostly true narrative, and opposing players must attempt to discern what is true and what is not through context clues alone, while trying to pass their own stories off as true. Once a game is declared, it lasts for roughly one month by Earth time, and you must guess when you are playing with any given group and when you are not. Many children have six or seven different Guhlbahn groups going at any time, some of which have members crossing into multiple groups. I grew quite good at it as a child when Mother and I were in the Skrull Empire. Attempting to apply only cursory attention to odds and cards, and instead approach poker by Guhlbahn rules, I quickly won my money back, and a couple of invitations to other games. By the time I left, I had given up on poker as a hobby as too easy."

He sighs. "When I attempted to cash in my chips, they informed me the hotel could not cover it on hand. They called Mr. Trump, and he arranged to trade me 5% share of the hotel and casino for my chips, and ceasing gambling here immediately."