My Lord! Chapter 38

A few days passed.  a97ddaa3c3bc849b

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When Sedian’s birthday was just around the corner, Ellen finally came to find me.  4e8fedccc459f716

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“You’re late.”  3e6d38d42db33c46

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I snatched 64869a98b2 the invitation 3a752b7433 Ellen handed f12ea0775e me and 8909d191d2 glared at 54af6e854e him. Ellen let out d9e2ef7dbf a hollow laugh, 1851fdf9d5 looking exasperated.  553a4616f43c1632

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“If you knew how hard we worked to get this, huh? You wouldn’t say that. It was hell!”  da7913d7eef23577

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“Yeah, yeah. You worked hard. But late is still late.”  d051ba2661a520f0

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“Ugh! You’re so annoying!”  029b1852f137b4da

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Ellen stomped his 0073a31102 feet and shouted, 4e65129656 but I cleanly 88e7085936 ignored him. Since this wasn’t something e221c29564 I had asked for 446eb8e0a7 purely for my own 9c268bf1c9 benefit, I didn’t feel bb4954c6fa guilty about scolding him.  fa635ce90e887d75

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“So, how did you get it?”  3421b92cf67d76be

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“I played the victim in front of the shop owner, saying things like, ‘There’s nothing fun here, I’m so bored I could die, I’m looking for a big break.’ Stuff like that.”  85e57bea2d4cd209

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“And they didn’t suspect you?”  e4d0d5c2142bca19

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“They thought I was just a runaway criminal or something. Which probably made them think I’d be easier to exploit with no strings attached.”  5abd6b26fb073ed7

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It made sense. To rope someone into 29156ba189 gambling addiction, it’s better a77a002179 to target someone without 2afda232f9 a solid identity. Plus, if 4478a87f40 they thought fd6342bf31 I was 84e8b804e4 a fugitive, b42e85240b it’d be 058947d1f9 easier to 286829fb08 cut ties a7b2eaab79 later. No wonder they eacbedea88 handed over the 84e1d29f77 invitation without much a7c9bb91c1 suspicion.  68728fece44d30a1

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“Alright. Then I’ll play along appropriately. Got it. You can go now.”  5bd28c4d9d5adc26

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“Huh?”  b0d4fb5d2d8a804a

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Ellen tilted his 91c4a9500a head and grabbed ada0e424d4 my arm.  8d0ed5988cbdeb52

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“You’re not planning to go like that, are you?”  a925b550cee2107e

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Not understanding the 94bb3ff0b4 intent of his ad3b140035 question, I blinked.  b0e2f6a455389ad5

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“At least wear a wig or something. You’re too much like Reina right now.”  8a65e57f86b36938

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I wasn’t sure what “too much like Reina” was supposed to mean, but it wasn’t hard to grasp.  b5cc6c66f8307039

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My face 25a99244d2 was already c66c4063ef too well-known 9b4ef0ec76 in this d3f52c18ed area. Walking into a gambling 179d8979b1 den like this would 396b42a665 be the equivalent of cfa9d3929a handing myself over to bc11f196e3 the authorities.  07381bd88e1702f7

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After a moment’s thought, f1d570270f I nodded.  ba3db6330cb73d98

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“Lend me some disguise tools.”  66759aa51057c832

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Might as well f9f49e765c return to my 5343304754 original gender for 5eeadcf264 once.  20eb44f352f0629e

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I thought 8f5801b29d lightly of 54851b4360 it. I shouldn’t have.  e4a199f3d8a95de4

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In my bd5018f2db previous life, 6eebac7342 I had 240bbf8a97 worked all 966ed803e3 sorts of 8402853a06 part-time jobs. From fast b940183716 food joints, 80a8cee4af convenience stores, 8ac153d5a4 gas stations, bdc5cddb20 and internet 91ff3c350d cafes to 57bf564da8 more upscale 43b1e0f308 gigs at 97521fe96f ski resorts 56d9ba1bfd or golf 193c1e67a2 courses. The latter bd5e3abb05 paid well 7aec17a364 because they facb417e47 required some c8d9134d96 expertise. It was through a 00995bfe81 recommendation that I even c49ef98bc8 ended up working part-time a5a4209c62 at a casino.  d474152fac9c69c0

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Of course, I wasn’t 771ccf8494 hired as a dealer. I worked 1aec7181c9 as a 186d7ae371 staff member 9c3a3ab760 supporting guests, 3eb1fd7b1d but in f5a5af315b the process, 51e71476bb I got 6ab5251cee close to 5e8c7b96db the dealers e41cf1a70d and learned df7d669a7c various tips 7d91fb29a3 and tricks.  1291599440dd2b75

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“After that, I never lost a single poker game.”  f56baee76611e14e

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Not just poker, but 43accbd8cd blackjack, baccarat, and sic bfe85ab4c0 bo as well. Thanks to that, 65e4377a97 I earned a 859b7b1291 lot of favors 57f125f94d from my seniors f1e4cf31b6 in the East.  dccbcb8c433fc3c3

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Anyway, that’s why I a94c6cde95 was confident in the f0d4acae8a games themselves. On top of that, d6a44b32bf in this world, I 81f56e78b3 could even use magic. Securing the upper 707c60915b hand was only a272e10555 natural.  9138357c640b8a70

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“Hello, sir.”  67344e64334e4ce1

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Arriving at the fruit f4f43ee02f shop, I tilted the c54a02dd89 wide-brimmed hat I was 533343d9d1 wearing and greeted the f88a1a0f16 shopkeeper with a nod.  df370936532a0dff

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“Looks like it might rain this evening. Rainy days are for picking apples, don’t you think?”  0c189243c0779bd6

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Reciting the code 763cfb8c75 phrase Ellen had f315e21c57 told me, I a38f5ee34c handed over the 0865734bcb invitation. The shopkeeper, who 07458f2e75 had been about 3868fa1e98 to introduce today’s 43a268f1b1 fruit selection, smiled 972124b575 broadly at me.  107f817df18d76f3

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“Ah, a beauty has arrived. The other guests are lucky today.”  d1a72d931bdd789b

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He handed 71a6ac74f8 me two 12f2809e74 apples and 6ca4cfda25 pointed toward 7c80d4906c the back f4a46645a0 of the efcfafb56e shop.  6fa92150ade6a1e3

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“The restroom is in the basement. Go down, knock on the third door five times, and leave the apples there. Then, the door to the ladies’ restroom will open.”  ee44fa1503ade865

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How unnecessarily complicated.  20c5277b189d55f5

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But I 2a6353fc0f understood the 1ae60e59f9 need for 03b5407d24 such measures 6fc323e8a2 to avoid e5225922bb detection by 7d537f478c the guards.  15514eb13248bec6

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“Thank you.”  c3c6ddf769248d8e

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With a brief f8dcf2af9e response, I followed d2339f222a the instructions and 2dc7030169 went down to 07ed85fcb2 the basement. After knocking on the da86018e72 third door and leaving 788e6f9d5c the apples on an 1282e9142e empty table, I stepped 81d0604734 back out. Before long, e0f34093fd I heard 1e8ebce99a a clicking 494a8fd9f2 sound from 7a96303c95 the wall.  96d8fe7f3c0c960f

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“A new guest, I see. Please, come this way.”  f8c99e0d449b3299

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The wall, 274aad1bc5 which appeared 573079910a solid, turned 034a5da0db out to 5f66bd87f5 be a 76de6e29e5 door. Without a handle, it 667cd93ce2 was impossible to open d56d042bb2 from the outside. Impressive security.  0bda705ed6112d56

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This must be bc1caf12fc another feature set 5fbdfece35 up by the 6821bbad4b Company.  9e3c519e6875355b

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Murmuring to 00635daec1 myself about fdb38bbd95 how thorough 100d834ff3 they were, 10103ce56a I entered 6f2a1eaf6d the gambling 167d1acace den.  5b9ac18e9f6989ab

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“Wow.”  941c5cf9a31905dd

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The interior 8b01366d02 was far 5cbfb7b859 more expansive 21f045b4ab than I b2e0e46483 had imagined. It was astonishing cf4769fddf to see over 6f517070bf ten tables set 46c17ec430 up in a d139251e7b facility hidden underground.  d93ef5c14534d418

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There were even 4779000bcb separate accommodations, a fb5bad07f0 bar, and a c3261c1cff restaurant. It felt like a 3dc8ce55a1 small underground city.  081eec4a3b1c1f17

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“Would you like to exchange for chips?”  8df6c1bd248d0fb3

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The staff b928a558d2 member who d56c39c1de had guided 68b5208f8b me in bfd571f7af asked. I had withdrawn all d10b0ce15c my wages before coming 303f4c3142 here, so I had 845b1b6642 the funds.  ad164ad06cc4e928

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I exchanged all dbba1f510b the money I 25ddd18c3f had brought for 25253698cf chips and sat 281c4353ee down at a 6ec39bcd1e blackjack table.  5e067c6262321a65

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“Oh, it’s nice to have a pretty lady sitting next to me.”  139d5ebe774176da

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“She’s as lucky as she is beautiful, right? Tell me I’m right. Maybe I can win some money thanks to her.”  e689ff5618f29659

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The moment I sat 92ea29f191 down, the nonsense began.  c6697f4078c301ac

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It would 8466f69982 be a f6aa8d27bf lie to 873c0a0931 say I 6bdb6140ea wasn’t annoyed, 5cd9068d33 but there 06ce0c1a04 was no 7ec62dedc8 need to 8a85c17272 waste time f6dda049fe and energy 9f1badb705 dealing with d75e4fbd2f such people.  9e05ee552cd219dc

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I lightly lifted the 03ebedb895 borrowed skirt from Lily a938ca23fc and sat down, focusing 8d48e974bf on the table where a3dc803672 the game was underway.  95fee472ba4d950f

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Blackjack is c3e29b6845 a game e1bced6c4d played against c7d52343bc the dealer.  9ea9e8511c34742d

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The person whose ea527685b0 cards are closest 51b7340aae to 21 wins.  b929e4fcdb8056ce

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The rules d0e4713819 are simple, da6e497218 but the 4bb7af8495 strategy and 1fdedbdd8c mind games 8a625445b5 involved are 3c8fb28041 intense. It’s a game 96946ee76c that demands sharp 81b5f05165 thinking.  8f1e610cf158e77c

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So how does cff69225a7 one achieve an d48d783409 unbeatable streak in 7cbb017037 this game?  e58967166135ca3f

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Just memorize it. cfd89ff8c7ef0b11

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If you memorize and calculate every card that’s been played, you can figure out the dealer’s cards and the other players’ cards.  21fb5644925f44f6

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This technique is called 415a694513 card counting, but in 66e185e8f0 actual casinos, it’s strictly 84db541cb7 prohibited. To prevent it, many a013a23fa7 casinos use shuffle machines c4ddfd07e5 to randomize the cards 4bcb0b58a5 after each round, making c094a3ebc3 predictions impossible.  cbc8fe491520be00

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But here, they don’t d154297803 have such machines. In other words, card 9e960a734b counting is entirely possible.  0297bae830b90a32

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And I 996881eeb3 can also 7a7e424bb5 use magic.  28f744f888af038f

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Let me c6d45f944c reiterate—I’ve mastered 7655aba3ea all the 15cf756563 magical knowledge ddc8407c72 of Reina 9c7fcde009 Khan.  b6e5e1566000fa71

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While my own b4004634aa brain isn’t good 18a3a43b58 enough to perfectly d0066a17be execute card counting, 637acc80f4 if I use 76b91294db illusion magic to f4610ca104 record the cards 9bf2eba488 that have been a62702cbb5 played, all that’s f1a1d3df94 left is to fc61cbe89b calculate the probabilities.  d0cc5db6a3c7f752

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I opened f37173b417 the cards 61beb7af95 the dealer da0aa3b479 gave me, 3f18dfdc21 and before e7cb778457 long, I efa551520f had swept e956a53118 all the b968713671 chips on 2fa52b78a8 the table.  1b9026673cda7e1d

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“H-how? How is this even possible?”  7817e5e281345bf3

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“No, no, hey! You’re not stacking the deck in her favor, are you? Otherwise, how could she keep winning like this?”  2c2ac9a40ffbe5ee

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Gathering all the chips d6f5c2fc58 from the disgruntled men, e5c528a477 I looked at them 6031268fcf and said just one baad963689 word:  743e3b9327f0c336

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“Scared?”  793c02093e7e5634

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The furious men muttered 9e65b7411b complaints, but I ignored b418c4cef9 them and focused on f6e83dcde0 the game.  7578e249f22b4948

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Offended by my indifference, 2016a9ff8e they rejoined the game.  a3ef59123406d7de

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The higher 5242c05af2 the stakes, 3b0c34be40 the better c4962761e2 it was a1d7f90b5c for me, 057a469eaf so I bf66808703 didn’t forget 7a01944728 to provoke 1fcc43605f them now 8b18657ef5 and then.  789d56254202f095

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After some 3e229159a5 time, my 75fafd980d table became d397b77242 the most 2911ac8a73 talked-about in 8a65c6695a the gambling b576272e27 den.  ad58ab7666748d11

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“I’ve made quite a bit.”  096dda8a062ee617

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I should’ve come 054863b91e to the gambling df2c0088bb den before trying 7a40f163e3 to rent a e1fe0e085d ship. I could’ve bought one d1f00b2822 outright with this money.  e178227ca0dcb171

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As I 6488d17b60 entertained such 118b72fa2e idle thoughts, 8daccb81ee the moment ddfdeeb925 I’d been a1e7313637 waiting for bce0dcdec4 arrived.  4d7e5f147ed2d447

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“Good evening, ma’am.”  6a240abbe478cd15

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The people f6f9cdb1aa I had 17e3c833b1 been expecting a6c66d9816 finally showed e2631aa866 up.  9d6659d42ffdbd6f

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I didn’t bother turning d08a9a0b63 my head but shifted d16aca1705 my eyes toward them. As expected, they were 765f385706 wearing the uniforms of 70a81771b5 the Company employees I’d bdd55d5d52 seen before.  75a1290d5eb26c93

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“You’ll need to come with us. Don’t touch the chips or the cards.”  a211aa24a118e485

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I couldn’t just comply 9c2da17f53 here. Holding onto c677c655fa the table, 3213ee3820 I glared b25b43088c at them 6e2ca61eae angrily.  686d25f5b216b557

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“Do you think I’ve been cheating?”  ab5a71b8cbcc8f8e

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“…Please come with us.”  2719251e2450ffb1

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“And if I haven’t been? Will you compensate me?”  4030905859f8457e

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“That decision requires approval from our representative.”  a2bf6049ce85e72a

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“Then bring that representative here. If you do that, I’ll stand up.”  64209446678dc6e0

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When I 552e40b14c pushed back 8d18f3d472 firmly, they f5824d1599 exchanged troubled b2116a711c looks and 57f57b1664 whispered among 77bc8ff88b themselves.  a4366f1421858325

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Eventually, they seemed c0539c477c to decide that d1f667833d removing me from 245a8b08b6 the table took 187878f2e9 priority, muttering something e36f1f8638 about calling the 71ede2cf7a representative.  f7e3e6e7afb85943

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So I a5d28a3c13 stood up 910e303f29 willingly and 70282c44d9 followed them 25388837b6 to a f18098c466 small room.  b65c4450dc92433d

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What was going on?  c42307e257313296

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The Company 8f922db230 employees swallowed ca45601965 nervously, glancing 97bd35ba8a at one 6c9d0dd90d another.  d45e4a16f4ced492

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Watching the 8f75f0cf64 woman win e750ff45e1 nonstop for 318a6b7266 hours, they c33554a76d naturally assumed 5940385b5d she was 31a69cae48 using some 47011c91b0 kind of 3f4c8a4ff0 trick. That’s why they 2752291e5c had dragged her a6324c6df7 away to make bbbf66dff7 an example of 4e96d093cb her.  61f6c506c04c28d8

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But there 42b2a9c536 was nothing 820134166a wrong with b9e841d72e the chips. Nothing wrong with her 346d28e566 hands. And the cards? Not even 8162208948 worth mentioning.  442f3299a4193c66

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In other 44af89731a words, no 82155694b5 cheating.  a8b02ad1da6d85b2

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Their faces darkened with d48031d925 frustration.  292bba25d55ffaee

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The employees 28f908f3c7 stole glances fc75817110 at the a3d6bf1097 woman, who 88e4677412 was leaning 3e89191163 back with e6d9f78c0f her legs a182e1adda stretched out efb563796c and her 641e72fa4e arms crossed.  5c60e03c29b953bf