[ a curse... that's outside of ishmael's parlance, yeah, so she won't press on the issue -- at least for now. he seems personable enough to hold a normal conversation with, and that's good enough for her. the bar is practically six feet under the ground at this point...

she does spot that one card just jutting out, so she'll zoom in on that in a bit. for now, she has a question to answer and, not gonna lie, it's leaving her a little stumped. ]

I'll have to think harder on this. Um...

[ hmmmmmmmm ]

I can get a little neurotic sometimes. Particularly when things don't go my way. But that's normal for some people, isn't it? [ a shrug. ] It's a boring answer, I know. You're gonna have to pull a more intriguing question next time.

[ okay, now to focus on carefully free that one card without toppling the tower... ]