"Thank you," Lenore says, giving her a sweetly cheerful smile, knowing full well that it will be a more maddening response than any possible quip she might shoot back.

She plays a few hands, adjusting her own strategy to her opponent's, giving Nightie just enough of a challenge but with still a possibility that she might win, and she's still trying to gauge just how clever her new pet is, after all.

"That's enough for now," Lenore states, rising to her feet and leaving the cards behind. "I'll come back later. Any last requests before I go, for favors or comforts?"