Vlad was a little surprised at the suggestion, and wondered if the man wouldn't have been happier in the game room instead. "A gamble? Well, I don't have anything here to wager. But I'm not precisely morally opposed to games of chance, either."

If Kaiji was hoping to get something out of Vlad, Vlad thought he'd be quite disappointed. Vlad was a fan of taking chances on things, but not pointlessly, and preferably not if he hadn't had a chance to stack the deck (metaphorically or not) somehow beforehand. It wasn't entirely greed; Vlad was firmly of the opinoin that he'd had a run of bad luck in his life, excepting the luck he'd made for himself.

His suspicions about the other man were not negative, even if he did imagine Kaiji probably had some reason to want to gamble. Looking for a particular kind of item without having to hunt it down at night, perhaps, or just someone who'd have a natural advantage somehow and who thought they might take use of it. Possibly being threatened with swindling was superior to possibly being threatened with murder, so Vlad's day was still improving, and besides, Vlad had to admit it was possible the question had been asked with no ulterior motives. "A friendly game of something wouldn't bother me, that is."