Then he said, I m a studying magician. My stage name changes from time to time, but right now I m using Santini. I call my act The Magic Macabre. Sure, the trucker replied. Again, he laughed in the same sickening way.
Bad habits die hard.
From his bag, Rase took a deck of cards, a piece of wood, and a kitchen knife. He spread the cards before him, and said, Please take a card and place it back into the deck. The man grinned dumbly, but followed the instructions implicitly. Rase handed him the deck. Then the trucker slid the card back into the deck and said, Shock me.