[ The concession mollifies him, however temporary she feels it might be. After all, he spent quite a lot of time in life learning these tricks, trotting them out when he had need for a distraction, or simply when he wanted to impress folks with them. The tricks tended to smooth things over, impressive as they were. Rarely did men ever put two and two together and realize the skills he had put on display would translate to trickery in their games.

Those that did tend to figure it out only did so a day or two down the line, their pockets much emptier. ]

Once you start figurin' out the tricks, 's simple enough to start talkin' over atop them.

[ As he's saying it, he mimics the backhand she had exhibited earlier, his favored suicide king disappearing away. ]

The idea is to focus. Not let yourself get distracted by your own patter.

[ He flicks his hand, producing the card and putting on a challenging little smirk. ]

But there ain't no shame in not gettin' the hang of it.