There's a look of recognition on Caspar's face. "I met a Vulcan," he says. "Half-Vulcan, anyway. I like their philosophy." Of course he would. "Poker's a card game, right? We say 'triad face' but it's the same idea. How good's your game, Jim?"

That last additional statement makes him roll his eyes. "They say the same thing about robots." Well, not anymore they don't.