art by Teegar

...Chekov considered the prospect of spending the next few hours with a program that required little more of him than pushing the correct button every five minutes and sighed. "Any diversion would be welcome." "Diversion? Hmmm..." Gadzicki's brown eyes twinkled wickedly. "D'you play poker?" Chekov shrugged. "Is that a card game?" he asked innocently. "Kid," Gadzicki replied, grinning broadly. "I like you more and more all the time." "Are you sure we are playing this game by the correct rules?" Chekov asked some time and a great deal of money later.

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