[ Some of the players snickered at Leonardo's questions. Wedge, however, silenced them with a glare.
Wedge admitted that his reputation post-blaster incident became a double-edged sword: it made it easy to wring credits out of these people, but it also made it harder to acquire the information he needed more than the money and drink. This stranger, whoever he is, seems unperturbed by his presence, unlike the rest of the players who still treat Wedge like a bomb about to blow.
This stranger's accent and clothes also peg him as someone off-town (and, hopefully, off-world). Friendliness pays off. So Wedge chooses not to be an arse, something that comes easily to him. ] Positive trumps negative, yes. A hand that totals more than 23 or less than negative 23, or totals zero, is called a "bomb". Where I'm from, if you bomb, you pay a penalty into what's called a Sabacc Pot equal to the total amount of credits currently in the Hand Pot. [ He points at the small mound of coins on the center of the table. ]
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Wedge admitted that his reputation post-blaster incident became a double-edged sword: it made it easy to wring credits out of these people, but it also made it harder to acquire the information he needed more than the money and drink. This stranger, whoever he is, seems unperturbed by his presence, unlike the rest of the players who still treat Wedge like a bomb about to blow.
This stranger's accent and clothes also peg him as someone off-town (and, hopefully, off-world). Friendliness pays off. So Wedge chooses not to be an arse, something that comes easily to him. ] Positive trumps negative, yes. A hand that totals more than 23 or less than negative 23, or totals zero, is called a "bomb". Where I'm from, if you bomb, you pay a penalty into what's called a Sabacc Pot equal to the total amount of credits currently in the Hand Pot. [ He points at the small mound of coins on the center of the table. ]
I'm Wedge, by the way. Wedge Antilles.