TRANSCRIPT · FILE 04913 · SUBJECT SPEAKING
BROTHER VESPERS NEVER LEFT THE SMOKE.
“BUILT DIFFERENT.”
He has been banned from every card room in the Smoke for winning too politely. Nobody in the Smoke has asked twice.
TRANSCRIPT · SUBJECT SPEAKING
Start the tape. I came to the Smoke wanting forgiveness for something I have never confessed. You can see how that went. I'm talking to you from the Smoke, where the rain never fully stops.
The first card room to ban me in the Smoke did it politely. I had won every hand of the night, thanked each player by name, and offered to buy the losers breakfast. The owner said it was bad for business. Don't look at me like that.
EVIDENCE
22:06RECORDING STARTS · SUBJECT ASKS FOR THE WINDOW OPEN
22:15SUBJECT HUMS
END OF RECORDING · 23:44
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(this line comes after the record's official end)BANNED FROM EVERY CARD ROOM IN THE SMOKE.
FOR GOOD MANNERS.
He was a gambler first. He became a priest after a hand he still won't talk about.
THIS IS THE PART I LEFT OUT.
HOW HE REALLY WINS IN THE SMOKE.
04:59[REDACTED]
PULL THE SEAL ALONG THE TAPE — OR BREAK IT.
PERSONAL ACCESS · CHANGES NOTHING IN THE ARCHIVE
The rest of the tape is room noise.
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