Hundred Taboos of the Gaming House: Shoulder TappingAI

In Changle Heaven there is a taboo: luck is held to sit upon the shoulders, and a tap on them scatters it.

I once saw an armless man coming and going in the gaming house, and, finding it strange, asked the reason. Someone told me that this man had always loved watching the games and had no other fault, except that while watching the cards he liked to lean on people's shoulders. People scolded and cursed him now and then, but he never mended his ways. One day he happened to pat the shoulder of a high roller, who, still chatting and laughing, raised his blade and brought it down, severing both the man's arms. From then on the patrons believed in it all the more, and it has been handed down as a taboo ever since.