( continued. )

[ Aerith's brows lift in surprise when the man introduces himself. ]

Mister Aventurine? It's a pleasure. My name is Aerith... but, I'm sorry. Did you say you're a senior manager at the casino? This casino?

[ It doesn't make a lot of sense to her. So far, the people playing the games and the people running them appear to have been kept entirely separate, and... ]

They're making you play the game too?