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Aren't you afraid of winding up in the gutter with your throat slit? Isn't that what happens to people with psi powers who gamble?" she insisted. AREN'T YOU AFRAID OF WINDING UP IN THE GUTTER WITH YOUR THROAT SLIT ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WITH SIDE POWERS WHO GAMBLE SHE INSISTED
er dark, romantic quality. "I need the dough, Shari. I've got a thesis to finish if I ever want to get a job teaching." Her thick eyebrows fluttered upward, a danger signal I had learned to look for. "That's a childish rationalization, Tex," she said with a lot more sharpness than I had expected. "There are certainly other ways to get money!" "So I'm not as smart as you," I told her. "Smart?" She didn't think I was tracking. "I wasn't as shrewd as you were in picking my parents," I said. "Mine never had much, and left me less than that when they died." She threw her spoon to the table. "I'll remind you of how silly these remarks sound, after you've hit a losing streak," she told me. I laughed at that one. "I don't lose, Shari," I said. "And I don't intend to." Her lashes veiled her violet eyes as she smiled and said more quietly, "Then you are in even worse trouble than I thought. I hear a lot about what happens to these strange people who never lose at cards or at dice or at roulette. K ABOUT ME IS MY BANK ACCOUNT I GRINNED RELISHING HER DARK ROMANTIC QUALITY I NEED THE DOE SHERRY I'VE GOT A THESIS TO FINISH IF I EVER WANT TO GET A JOB TEACHING HER THICK EYEBROWS FLUTTERED UPWARD A DANGER SIGNAL I HAD LEARNED TO LOOK FOR THAT'S A CHILDISH RATIONALIZATION TEXT SHE SAID WITH A LOT MORE SHARPNESS THAN I HAD EXPECTED THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER WAYS TO GET MONEY SO I'M NOT AS SMART AS YOU I TOLD HER SMART SHE DIDN'T THINK I WAS TRACKING I WASN'T AS SHREWD AS YOU WERE IN PICKING MY PARENTS I SAID MINE NEVER HAD MUCH AND LEFT ME LESS THAN THAT WHEN THEY DIED SHE THREW HER SPOON TO THE TABLE I'LL REMIND YOU OF HOW SILLY THESE REMARKS SOUND AFTER YOU'VE HIT A LOSING STREAK SHE TOLD ME I LAUGHED AT THAT ONE I DON'T LOSE SHERRY I SAID AND I DON'T INTEND TO HER LASHES VEILED HER VIOLET EYES AS SHE SMILED AND SAID MORE QUIETLY THEN YOU ARE IN EVEN WORSE TROUBLE THAN I THOUGHT I HEAR A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE STRANGE PEOPLE WHO NEVER LOSE AT CARDS OR AT DICE OR AT ROULETTE
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