Summary:

“I can always play poker,” Hollander says, far slower than he’d recited the stats. “What are you playing?”

“Durak,” Ilya says when the others just look expectantly at him.

After a beat, Hollander seems to muster up his courage. “Can I join?”

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Or: Five times people learn the still waters of one Shane Hollander hide a veritable card shark, and one time Ilya gets to see a different side.