Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Telling



Star Trek: Picard - Picard & Data play alittle poker...



Picard :
See. And... raise.


Data’s Ghost :
Hmm.

Picard :
Call.

Data’s Ghost :
I will take two, please.

Picard :
You have A Tell.

Data’s Ghost : (head-tilt)
….That is impossible, sir.

Picard :
Every now and thenyou 
dilate your left pupil -- 
ostentatiously, I might add -- 
in an effort to cheat me 
into thinking that 
you have A Tell.

But your true Tell is 
you don't have one.

When your eyes are neutral
that's when I know 
you're bluffing.

Data’s Ghost :
Mm. Now that you've 
told me that, Captain, 
I am confused about which 
deception to employ — Fifty.

Picard :
Fifty? That's everything I have.

Data’s Ghost :
I can see that, Captain.
Do you wish to call or fold?

Picard :
Let's behave like 
civilised men. Milk?

Data’s Ghost :
No, thank you, sir.

Picard :
Sugar?

Data’s Ghost :
No, thank you, sir.
Why are you stalling, Captain?

Picard :
I don't want The Game to end.

I'm all in.

….Strange.

I didn't know we were 
on course to Mars.

……This isn't right.

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