A brow raise. Not that he couldn't understand the objection to the name, but specifically objecting to anything Egyptian was a curious trait.
"Seven card stud? That's fine." He riffle-shuffled the deck with the ease of someone who handled cards before, but thought himself much better at it than he was. Aziraphale had once learned magic from a professional magician, and while he couldn't quite do card tricks well, he could at the very least handle cards with the ease of a mother prepping the deck for the kids' game of Uno. The back of the top card flashed with a message that hadn't been there before: HEY NOW, YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR. "Except I must warn you, I don't have much of anything to bet with."
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"Seven card stud? That's fine." He riffle-shuffled the deck with the ease of someone who handled cards before, but thought himself much better at it than he was. Aziraphale had once learned magic from a professional magician, and while he couldn't quite do card tricks well, he could at the very least handle cards with the ease of a mother prepping the deck for the kids' game of Uno. The back of the top card flashed with a message that hadn't been there before: HEY NOW, YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR. "Except I must warn you, I don't have much of anything to bet with."