[Sheliak was also sharp. He grew up learning how to recognize all the different players on the board, pawns like the poor victims he fleeced tonight, or in Nishitani's case, the queen of this particular situation. He recognized the manager of the casino as soon as he sat down and he suspected he was being watched.
There was a tiny pause in Sheliak's shuffling when Nishitani called him a kid and he stubbornly met Nishitani's sharp gaze. His blue eyes shimmered like water, hinting at his magic, and his mouth twitched upward in a ghost of a proud smirk at the groans around him.]
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There was a tiny pause in Sheliak's shuffling when Nishitani called him a kid and he stubbornly met Nishitani's sharp gaze. His blue eyes shimmered like water, hinting at his magic, and his mouth twitched upward in a ghost of a proud smirk at the groans around him.]
Looks like I did just fine without it.