"Quite honestly, I don't really even let people see him in the first place. He usually stays under the counter, quiet as can be. You're the first in a few years to get him worked up like this. Normally he just wakes up, plays a few games, and then nods off again."

The scorpion reached out towards the counter and Eva went to set it down. Some moments later, it returned with a few playing cards clutched in its claws, as if to further prove Eva's statements as truth. She laughed aloud to see it, and then quickly clamped her mouth closed. Had Vivena seen...?