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Rosemary smiled softly, flicking her forked tail before it coiled around her white paws. “I’m glad you like it. If you want, I can give you a little tin to take home with you.” Rosemary wouldn’t be offended if the child refused—after all, white lies to smooth over social bullshit were stupidly common, and not everyone had the magic or materials to boil water in their home.
She leaned forward, listening silently and seriously as the child asked her question. For this was a serious question. She’d almost expected Vayne to brush off her feelings, ignoring the cards entirely or asking them a silly (but fun question) like whether Roxanne was wearing a hat today or not. But the child surprised her by getting straight to the meat of the matter; the kid had guts, even if her shy and soft-spoken nature disguised that personality trait.
“I can ask the cards this, sure.” The witch hesitated. She wanted to push the cards away and talk to Vayne without their influence, tell the young girl exactly what she thought… but that wasn’t how self-discovery and character growth worked. Especially with a youngster on the cusp of their teenage rebellious phase.
She tapped the deck, and three cards shot out to the table, fluttering down against the wood, face-down. She tapped each one with a paw, speaking softly. “The one on your left stands for Aphra. The one in the middle stands for you and your siblings. The rightmost card… this one stands for your relationship.”
The left card flipped over, revealing a happy middle-aged man in front of an orderly arrangement of filled cups, reversed. “The Nine of Cups. This card represents fulfillment and satisfaction—but only after fulfilling one’s innermost desire. Aphra, like all animals, wishes to fulfill her goals and motivations… but I do not think she knew what those were. Since the card is reversed, the meaning is reversed: the card representing your mother implies she is unfulfilled, unsatisfied, and has lost the pursuit of her true desire.”
Rosemary’s main pair of eyes watched Vayne steadily, as her second pair jumped to the middle card as she flipped it over. The image depicted an old wizard at the center of water, air, fire, and earth swirling around him; in his hand, he held the four suits of the Tarot: a cup, a pentacle, a wand, and a sword. “The Magician. The card drawn to symbolize you and your siblings is complex and layered in its meaning… but its chief meaning is manifestation and pure willpower. When it is drawn to represent you and your sisters, I see that you are all individuals full of potential.”
Finally, she flipped over the third card. This one showed a beautiful woman sitting on a throne with a dead rabbit at her feet. “Ah, the Queen of Pentacles. While the Cups suit is concerned with emotional matters, the Pentacles suit represents material objects, like luxurious goods and accumulated wealth. This card represents success and prosperity—but the dead rabbit warns us of the pursuit of material things.”
Her four eyes flicked to the fluffy not-kitten, and Rosemary nodded, gestured with a paw to Vayne herself. “So, Vayne, what answer did the cards give you?”
[/td][/tr][/table]She leaned forward, listening silently and seriously as the child asked her question. For this was a serious question. She’d almost expected Vayne to brush off her feelings, ignoring the cards entirely or asking them a silly (but fun question) like whether Roxanne was wearing a hat today or not. But the child surprised her by getting straight to the meat of the matter; the kid had guts, even if her shy and soft-spoken nature disguised that personality trait.
“I can ask the cards this, sure.” The witch hesitated. She wanted to push the cards away and talk to Vayne without their influence, tell the young girl exactly what she thought… but that wasn’t how self-discovery and character growth worked. Especially with a youngster on the cusp of their teenage rebellious phase.
She tapped the deck, and three cards shot out to the table, fluttering down against the wood, face-down. She tapped each one with a paw, speaking softly. “The one on your left stands for Aphra. The one in the middle stands for you and your siblings. The rightmost card… this one stands for your relationship.”
The left card flipped over, revealing a happy middle-aged man in front of an orderly arrangement of filled cups, reversed. “The Nine of Cups. This card represents fulfillment and satisfaction—but only after fulfilling one’s innermost desire. Aphra, like all animals, wishes to fulfill her goals and motivations… but I do not think she knew what those were. Since the card is reversed, the meaning is reversed: the card representing your mother implies she is unfulfilled, unsatisfied, and has lost the pursuit of her true desire.”
Rosemary’s main pair of eyes watched Vayne steadily, as her second pair jumped to the middle card as she flipped it over. The image depicted an old wizard at the center of water, air, fire, and earth swirling around him; in his hand, he held the four suits of the Tarot: a cup, a pentacle, a wand, and a sword. “The Magician. The card drawn to symbolize you and your siblings is complex and layered in its meaning… but its chief meaning is manifestation and pure willpower. When it is drawn to represent you and your sisters, I see that you are all individuals full of potential.”
Finally, she flipped over the third card. This one showed a beautiful woman sitting on a throne with a dead rabbit at her feet. “Ah, the Queen of Pentacles. While the Cups suit is concerned with emotional matters, the Pentacles suit represents material objects, like luxurious goods and accumulated wealth. This card represents success and prosperity—but the dead rabbit warns us of the pursuit of material things.”
Her four eyes flicked to the fluffy not-kitten, and Rosemary nodded, gestured with a paw to Vayne herself. “So, Vayne, what answer did the cards give you?”
PEACEFALL
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