shaft | hotel: rupert

Don't worry! You did really good.

[this probably will not help him feel any better]

Rupert, you don't need to placate my ego.

[ He looks around... The door has reappeared. ]

Was that really all?

Yeah... That was pretty harmless.

[except to claude's emotional state]

[ He looks at the board. ]

I'm going to take this.

Um, I'm not going to stop you, but... Why?

I'm going to master this game.

I think it's kind of based on chance, though...?

I don't believe in leaving things to chance.