Julien was hardly a friend of Ben Mackinnon, or particularly interested in his pub. But it had just opened and it was a long walk back to Spade Castle from the Clubs, so he's stopping in anyway.

He'll get a whiskey and Coke from the bar and meander over to Avery when he sees her by the pool table.

"You appear to need a player."

If she'd been anyone else in the Deck, he might have passed by. But she's another Ace, now. So that's enough to get something like approachability out of him.