"Both," Derrica answers, fanning her own cards fussily. "You'll get the hang of it really fast, I promise."

And it's the kind of mindless game that's ideal for discussion, if Laura seems receptive to talking. Derrica has a lot of things she wants to ask, but she waits a few hands to say anything at all.

"How are you?"

Opening with what she realizes is probably a difficult question for Laura.