"It is no matter," Sabine said with an encouraging smile, "We can play any game, really. We could teach you what we are playing now, or if you know a new game, we could play that. We have played the same games for a long time, anything new helps on this ship."

Tzirret gave a smile as well. He had just finished dealing, but he didn't mind gathering up the cards or giving a new hand to Ciinriel.

If Meesei could hear Kaleeth-Rei, she would probably disapprove for the sake of protecting their identities, but the thought actually caused Janius to laugh slightly. "If there's coin in it, I doubt they would have too much of an objection," Janius answered, "Unless of course that 'any one' beat them to a pulp because she's the probably strongest person on the ship."