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I shrugged, trying to cool down. I SHRUGGED TRYING TO COOL DOWN
ot about what happens to these strange people who never lose at cards or at dice or at roulette. 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. "What's your trick, Tex? Do you stack the deck with telekinesis, or does precognition tell you what's about to be dealt?" "That crack isn't considered very funny in Texas," I growled. "Is it any more silly for me to think you might be a psi personality than for you to think you never lose at cards?" she nailed me. I could feel my face getting red. "Damn it!" I started. "Nobody talks to a friend like that!" "Pretty convincing proof!" Shari said tartly. "Of what?" "Of the fact that you aren't making any sense about this gambling kick you're on, Tex. You should have laughed my teasing off. Who would seriously suggest that _you_ were a psi personality?" she demanded. "And most of all, with my background in psi, do you think I could be misled about it? 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 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 WHAT'S YOUR TRICK TEXT DO YOU STACK THE DECK WITH TELECHANISUS OR DOES PRECOGNITION TELL YOU WHAT'S ABOUT TO BE DEALT THAT CRACK ISN'T CONSIDERED VERY FUNNY IN TEXAS I GROWLED IS IT ANY MORE SILLY FOR ME TO THINK YOU MIGHT BE A SHY PERSONALITY THAN FOR YOU TO THINK YOU NEVER LOSE IT CARDS SHE NAILED ME I COULD FEEL MY FACE GETTING RED DAMN IT I STARTED NOBODY TALKS TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT PRETTY CONVINCING PROOF SHERRY SAID TARTLY OF WHAT OF THE FACT THAT YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY SENSE ABOUT THIS GAMBLING KICK YOU'RE ON TEX YOU SHOULD HAVE LAUGHED MY TEASING OFF WHO WOULD SERIOUSLY SUGGEST THAT YOU WERE A CY PERSONALITY SHE DEMANDED AND MOST OF ALL WITH MY BACKGROUND INSIDE DO YOU THINK I COULD BE MISLED ABOUT IT
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