[ Claire juts his jaw out childishly. He hovers a moment, debating whether to try and drag whatever's on Kaiji's mind out of him or roll with that subject change.

A second later he ducks under the covering alongside Kaiji and leans back on the wall. After all the breaks he's gotten from him he probably owes at least one get-out-of-awkward-questioning-free card. For now. ]

Well, there's this poker game going on. [ Grin. Okay, he'll do you the service of not being totally facetious in the face of a serious question. ] ... I take it you know Tonegawa, right? When he made that post about it a while back I just figured, why not? I'm as good with cards as the next fella. [ He shoots a questioning look. Isn't that a good enough reason? ]