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[Lance rolls his eyes at that response, but the lightly amused expression that goes with it is a clear indicator it's more of a knowing gesture than an annoyed one. He knows that implication very well.

But as for the last comment--]

For some reason, that's never actually occurred to me. Thanks for the enabling.

[Ruining his one fake excuse not to drink.]

I'm not sure how much ice we'll be able to make with the water rationing going on, though.

That's certainly an incentive for sobriety.

( Sighed out empathetically, gaze veering out toward the clashing scenery. Vegetation and lifelessness all smashed together and warring over who has the right to exist.

Cutely exchanging witty rejoinders isn't the entirety of what he hopes to get from this. He switches tracks back to something more serious. )

What do you do here? For work, I mean. Rejoin... whatever makes up the future equivalent of the FBI?

( He's gauging career opportunities. He desperately needs to be able to afford a place outside of the safehouse, even if it's temporary. )

I get into fights on the network. It's a full time job.

[He's less interested in leaving the witty banter behind, though he does at least answer the question after he's made that remark.]

No, I stayed away from law enforcement here, especially since I wasn't too excited about the idea of being like, a beat cop and working my way up. But some of my friends work at one of the nice casinos, so I would go there and play poker against people who didn't know any better.

[Of course he doesn't expect that to be so easy after the Aerie, so he'll probably have to find a real job soon. But that might be a viable option for Will; even high-rolling poker players usually aren't ready to face off with a profiler.]

( A small puff of breath and the flicker of a raised eyebrow over Lance's full-time network job; a laugh but also an acknowledgment that it doesn't seem unfeasible given the sheer quantity of it he's noticed in his network stalking.

It's swiftly waylaid by the obvious surprise that takes over. Medium stakes poker as a means of income, for a profiler. )

That's... genius, actually.

( Something he'd never have thought of but that makes so much sense he wonders a little in hindsight why he's never done it.

( and a subtle mark toward confirming his theory that Lance could be manipulative if he wanted to be. )

Probably won't do it for a consistent source of income, it means an awful lot of people-ing, but as a concept? In a pinch? …To quickly get enough for a first and last month's rent plus security deposit? )

We'd have to sit at different tables.

( Wryly, and with... maybe just a little touch of underlying curiosity on who'd win. Professional competitiveness. Better to keep his secret interest in mind games to himself, it has a connotation that probably seems nefarious. )

[He gives a faintly amused smile at both the response and the show of surprise, and is always pleased to get a compliment. But as for sitting at different tables--]

You'll have the run of the casino mostly to yourself awhile, I think. I'm not sure how much you saw about what happened just before you arrived, with the Aerie, but I don't think I'm going to blend in as much as I used to.

[Not that he lost any skill or anything, but being more well known is going to be an issue and he hasn't really been up for seeing exactly how well it'll work just yet.]

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