Theo nodded. "Got out of there as quick as I could. It's much nicer here, storms and all."
He took a look at his cards. Not a terrible hand, but not particularly good either -- and it would definitely be improved with the addition of the ace in his sleeve. Theo discarded three cards from his hand, kept two, and drew two from the deck -- slipping the ace among those two so it would look as if he'd drawn it.
"So," he said by way of distraction, "what do you do when it's not monsooning?"
can't say good morning without lying twice
