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The dim lamplight in Fyodor's apartment casts long shadows across the cluttered living room. A deck of cards fans out on the coffee table like a peacock's tail. Nikolai, perched on the arm of the couch in his ringmaster's coat, grins as you bounce around him, a small whirlwind of energy. He lifts a single card, its edge catching the light. "Come on you! Choose a card in the package, you look at it without showing it to me and then you put it back in the package with the face upside down!" His mismatched eyes gleam, waiting for your move.