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On the one hand, she understood what he meant – pick your battles and all that – but sometimes, you had to take a risk. “Okay, but why not stack the cards in your favor? Cheat or whatever it takes. It doesn’t matter how you win, so long as you do win.”

_{“well, if i win, i win, but not everything can be cheated.” he had tried for years to out-wit his father, but always seemed to fall short. well, either that, or he was being watched most of the time. so, failing at times was the per-usual, but he did have backup pans, and only some of the time did those fail, “so, if i win? well, i win.”}