"Magic." He makes a small huffing sound, because that just isn't a thing where he comes from. Technology is so far advanced that's there's barely any difference and it all seems magical, but it's just advanced tech. "I can't say I know anything about that either. And honestly I'm not sure I want to."

How does one counter magic?

And then he actually laughs, genuinely dropping his confident façade for a moment, "Believe me I've more than thought about it. Fantasized about doing just that. Unfortunately I think that might be the final act that gets me arrested and thrown in a trash compactor."

But it's still amusing. Oh he likes you Ava.

"Exactly. We'd deal new hands and a new community pool and start betting again until one of us walks out of here broke." He sounds pleased, she's a fast learner. "I've done this slightly out of order for ease of learning, we would get our two cards first before the pool is revealed, which is technically called the flop, and you would need to bet or fold before those are flipped over. It's a game of chancing the odds that the cards you have will be worthwhile. Generally if your starting hand has a two it's best to fold."

He collects the cards and shuffles them again. There's other things like ante, burning cards and calling bets, but that's a bit much for a first game with only two people and no real stakes.

"It's not complicated once you've played a few times, it mostly does boil down to knowing the odds of certain hands and a fair bit of luck." And because he likes her now, "The reason people lose everything is because they want to win so bad that they're careless. It's better to fold and lose a small amount then to keep going because emotionally you want to win against someone else and potentially lose even more. But... It's of course not as fun to do everything rationally."

And this is coming from a robot.