[ And yet the way his gaze averts tells a different story.
He learned lots of things from living on his own. While kids his age were taught life lessons within safe and contained environments like school, Denji couldn't be picky about where, or whom, he learned how to differentiate edible berries and plants from… Although, being the undiscerning idiot he is, he'd still sometimes accidentally poison himself, anyway.
But mainly, he learned tricks such as: ] Keeping a running count — it's not cheating, it's just, y'know. Math.
[ Math he's been doing inside his head ever since he split the deck apart and delegated the cards, subtracting and adding and deviating values together every time someone shows their hand, or does and doesn't retrieve a card. He's not a mathematics whiz or anything, no way in hell, but when you're around folks like those yakuza pricks growing up, it's hard not to pick up a thing or two. Plus, it's no different from balancing a checkbook! ]
What, you dunno how to count cards? It's not hard. You just gotta use your brain.
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[ And yet the way his gaze averts tells a different story.
He learned lots of things from living on his own. While kids his age were taught life lessons within safe and contained environments like school, Denji couldn't be picky about where, or whom, he learned how to differentiate edible berries and plants from… Although, being the undiscerning idiot he is, he'd still sometimes accidentally poison himself, anyway.
But mainly, he learned tricks such as: ] Keeping a running count — it's not cheating, it's just, y'know. Math.
[ Math he's been doing inside his head ever since he split the deck apart and delegated the cards, subtracting and adding and deviating values together every time someone shows their hand, or does and doesn't retrieve a card. He's not a mathematics whiz or anything, no way in hell, but when you're around folks like those yakuza pricks growing up, it's hard not to pick up a thing or two. Plus, it's no different from balancing a checkbook! ]
What, you dunno how to count cards? It's not hard. You just gotta use your brain.