"I think I like my chances," Esteban said with the confidence of a confident man that could not tell the future. If he only knew then of what was to come, he might have rethought this wager. "I have a few sickles and a galleon to go towards this wager," he answered. He was not a rich man but he also was not desolate. He also made enough income for himself to be comfortable.

"My father came from Mexico and I think we have ties to Spain from his side of the family as well," he answered when the man inquired about his name.

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