"... After another hour, Diego Rascona, with a very tired look, threw back his head and closed his eyes. “Never in my life,” he said in an undertone, “I did not imagine that losing at cards could be such a tiring thing. From the outside, this looked like a strained attempt to joke - and only Inteko realized that, when uttering these words, the captain of the Avenger was absolutely sincere. “In that case, you have something to rejoice at, Lesnilsen,” Gorgas muttered dryly. “You’ve already spent everything you had, Even Brig. Diego was silent. Without waiting for an answer, Gorgas reached for the pile in the middle of the table - and at that moment Rascona opened his eyes and quietly said: “Not really...” A story from the collection “Fantasy 2008.”