Marcus had always thought of gambling as a fool’s exercise, and this was his usual justification for losing at cards.

“That’s three of the same shape and color,” quipped Gordius. “That means I claim the winnings, yes?”

Marcus sighed, slapping his cards face-down on the large wooden spindle they were using as a table.

“Yeah, it does. Again.”

 

Music in Tincture: Book 2, Chapter Five:


E.R. Goodman – Roil
Crimson Curtain – Vanishing
Anita Exira – Feeding Out Among The Crows (warped)
Radikal Satan – Periférico
Bleak House – Everything Is Broken Or Intact
Bleak House – Praise Book
Cherly KaCherly – The pond as too far but we have the small buthtub just for the both of us
Podington Bear – Data
Podington Bear – Reflector
Cherly KaCherly – Starting my work with the daily rebuilding of the telescope

Intro music selected from: PrudHommes by Cobra (avec logo panthère)