[He glances at his cards, and makes it ten.]

There are as many ways to break a heart as there are variations on poker!

[His voice is smooth, but there's a buzzing in his brain, an echo of a flickering dark, an empty space in his mind that used to whisper to him what justice was, what would balance the scales.]

When you see someone innocent, who you want to crush...

[If she wants to be punished--]

--what are your house rules, Celeste?

[--for what she's done--]

Go on!

[--she's come to the right table.]

Tell me how you play.