Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust Page #5

You're humble.

Such people take coincidence

and turn it into the inevitable.

Inevitability that will

allow them to survive.

Have you ever

thought about luck?

I used to think a lot

about how bad mine was.

There's more to that hitchhiking story

I was telling earlier. May I continue?

Of course.

I had an older brother.

Two brothers against the world.

He meant the world to me.

But one day, he picked up a hitchhiker

in his car and was killed by him.

He was forced into the trunk,

and was left out in the blazing sun.

He was ravaged by dehydration

and respiratory distress,

...and eventually died in the dark

when his strength gave out.

After the funeral, my father and I went to

where my brother had been found.

There, I climbed into the trunk my brother

had died in and had my father close it.

I wanted to know what

my brother had felt.

It was terrifying in there.

As I frantically struggled there in the

pitch blackness, I heard my father's voice.

"Pull the latch.

There's a latch inside."

I found the latch.

And I survived in my brother's place.

If only my brother

had known about that latch.

If only he had had someone

to tell him it was there.

If only he had been lucky enough

to save himself.

If he'd had any one of those three,

my brother wouldn't have died.

It's the people without those three

who lose first.

I don't know which

of the three you have.

But you've been spared because you do.

You mustn't forget that.

I won't .

Player wins.

Player wins.

Balot...

Sometimes it's more painful

to win than it is to lose.

The more you win, the greater

the weight you have to carry.

Hit.

Stay.

Draw.

Next hand.

Hit.

Hit.

Stay.

Player loses.

No one will laugh at you

if you decide to quit now.

Next hand.

Double down.

Congratulations. According to house rules,

trip sevens pay out 1 .5 to 1 .

Tactics and strategy

are the key to victory.

Tactics are the

individual decisions.

What's the first?

Stay. Don't take a card.

Next?

Hit. Take another card.

Third.

Double down. Take one, last extra card

and double your bet.

And the fourth?

Split. When you have

matching cards,

...set out more chips and play them

as separate wagers.

And surrender. Pay half your bet

and fold your hand.

Strategy is the accumulation

of these five tactics.

With timing and teamwork,

victory is assured.

Even money.

Even money?

But you're sure to win.

In spite of that, you're going to throw away

a double payout and maximum victory?

We're talking four million dollars. You're

really going to walk away from that payout?

Yes.

I didn't think

you had it in you.

Just now, I saw courage.

And humility.

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