“I’m not asleep.” His voice was soft, but all the same shattered a silence that permeated the darkened room. The Golden Dawn Casino was in its off hours, though only recently closed for the night-- the interloper wasn’t necessarily up to no good, could be just lost or otherwise confused. However, he didn’t intend to leave that particular question unanswered. His eyes had been closed, but the fact was even his catnaps never resulted in any real slumber, no matter how cliche a sleeping security guard may have looked.
“Go on then. State your case.”











