Not wanting to waste any more time for Val to think about it, Adrien dropped the king of coins and decided to see what would happen. He knew it wasn't the brightest move, but the alternative was too risky for him.

But, contrary to all of Adrien's predictions, Val played a three and picked up the three that was on the table. Adrien inhaled sharply. Now the table had a five and a ten, with no way to make a seven. He dropped the now-useless four of cups onto the table as he quietly cursed himself for this self-sabotage: it could have been easy, he thought, and instead he had to make it hard - and now he would probably lose the point because he didn't have the courage to do what he should have done in the first place.

While Adrien explored new ways to chastise himself in silence, Val smiled. "Interesting", he said. He dropped a two of swords onto the table.