[he replies easily, showing the right amount of awe at hearing such words, as if that were delightful for him to hear. it does make him wonder, outside of the role of a medicine seller in the world of others, just what these worlds are like; vast in their differences, but what is it that ties them all together?
besides, he is pretty certain there isn't quite a medicine seller like himself. reassured he is of that fact in the linear flow of time, certainly it would be similar in the expanse of the multiverse.]
An interesting choice. [it's not about the card itself, in a way, but rather what he can learn through the whole process of it. more egotistical and vain individuals may have chosen the one in the center, but claude has chosen one that perhaps even he, this humble medicine seller, would have picked. he lifts his hands atop the table again, pulls his sleeve back, and gracefully picks up the card. right before flipping it—] Perchance you prefer to observe and to learn about others more?
[—and flipped, finally, the card reveals a delicately drawn crane, entirely black in its composition but for the golden of its single eye and the red that sits atop its head like a crown.]
Oh...
[a pause of interest, then looking up at claude.]
A man of much responsibility. [he taps at his temple with his long, painted nails, implying the crown on the crane's head.] A leader left without his own to command in this new world.
[the shape, the truth, the reasoning or past. it seems he can entertain to such complexities even with a simple game of card reading.]
no subject
[he replies easily, showing the right amount of awe at hearing such words, as if that were delightful for him to hear. it does make him wonder, outside of the role of a medicine seller in the world of others, just what these worlds are like; vast in their differences, but what is it that ties them all together?
besides, he is pretty certain there isn't quite a medicine seller like himself. reassured he is of that fact in the linear flow of time, certainly it would be similar in the expanse of the multiverse.]
An interesting choice. [it's not about the card itself, in a way, but rather what he can learn through the whole process of it. more egotistical and vain individuals may have chosen the one in the center, but claude has chosen one that perhaps even he, this humble medicine seller, would have picked. he lifts his hands atop the table again, pulls his sleeve back, and gracefully picks up the card. right before flipping it—] Perchance you prefer to observe and to learn about others more?
[—and flipped, finally, the card reveals a delicately drawn crane, entirely black in its composition but for the golden of its single eye and the red that sits atop its head like a crown.]
Oh...
[a pause of interest, then looking up at claude.]
A man of much responsibility. [he taps at his temple with his long, painted nails, implying the crown on the crane's head.] A leader left without his own to command in this new world.
[the shape, the truth, the reasoning or past. it seems he can entertain to such complexities even with a simple game of card reading.]
Let us see your Truth.
[his hands return to his lap, under the table.]
Do pick another.