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He learned to con the way other kids learn schoolyard games.

After 8 years, he’s moved on to his best heist yet.

At five, Sage started his breaking-and-entering career by wiggling through the doggie doors of houses and popping the locks on the inside. When he got too big for that, he graduated to picking locks.

Much better. Wasn’t so hard on the knees. 

Boosting expensive cars had made him appreciate the finer things in life. As for cheating at cards, he was a natural.

Now, Sage is thirteen and is facing the biggest decision of his life. There is only one thing to do. Sage deals his lucky cards and prays for an ace.