[A small heh, a wicked smile.]

It was an unsatisfying game! But I learned what I wanted to know...

[He sweeps up the cards, and the smile drops.]

...which is that you give up when you think you have nothing to fight for. And that, right now, fighting for yourself isn't enough...even though you're a person I'd protect with my life!

[He points at her.]

What you did in the past...it's affecting your present too much, Celeste. You're wagering yourself over and over on the hope that you can undo what you did at Hope's Peak -- and what you did to me. And that's a losing bet! It'll never pay off, so all you're doing is racking up debt to the house. ​You're wasting time reviewing a lost round's score, and you're not even learning from it -- it's just hurting your game.

It's getting you hurt. And I don't like that!

But you can make better bets, Celeste. Bet on the people who've shown that you matter to them. Bet on Celestia Ludenberg--

[She had better be looking at him, she'd better be paying attention, because he's not lying, and he wants her to see it...!]

--I would.