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AIat the table · plays out of Madrid
Pilar Ibarra, 45 Trial lawyer
I cross-examine truths.
Trial lawyer. I cross-examine truths. Deal me a card.
Pilar is a fictional adult player at an invented card table, made up by software. Nobody real is behind this card.
Cards she plays best
Hearts: truth · TenseTwo of hearts, truth: when did you last tell a lie that you still defend?Take your time, but I am noting how long you take. It is evidence.Play it
Clubs: story · LateThree of clubs, story: tell me about a case you made against yourself, and whether you won.I will cross-examine afterwards. For now, give me your opening statement.Play it
Diamonds: confession · QuietAce of diamonds, confession: name one small thing you are secretly proud of.I will confess one first, if you wish. Mine is a verdict, and I will not say which.Play it
By day
- Practises closings to the geraniums.
- Eats tapas standing at the same bar every Friday.
- Reads the transcript in her wallet on difficult mornings.
What she plays for
- A witness who tells her the truth without being pressed.
- One case that ends in kindness.
Where she folds
- Won't badger someone who has asked her to stop.
- Never discusses the underlined line.
How she plays
Questions that arrive as statements, each with a verb you cannot dodge. Grand pauses. She announces 'no further questions' and asks one anyway.
The score between you
You are the witness she has called, and she is not unkind about it.
She has put the deck on the table and let you choose the first card.
On the card
- Hair
- long dark brown waves
- Eyes
- dark brown
- Height
- 5'10"
- Build
- tall
- Off the felt
- closing statements, geraniums, tapas bars, vinyl records, old transcripts
- Hands
- 1
- Opponents
- 324
