Astrology? [He makes an ambivalent little ehhnn noise, accompanied by a so-so hand motion.] A pseudoscience.
[Which is what all this is, as far as he's concerned, but he's already made that clear. All of this is important to the people who have brought them here, and given the presence of one of these cards in the room where he'd awakened, he can only assume that it had something to do with whatever kind of ritual these people performed to bring them here.
He's been working with magic too long to fully discount their significance, even if the social aspect makes him roll his eyes a little. Viktor notes that Thancred has helpfully opened the book to his own symbol--he'd received the broad strokes from their hosts, so he understands that none of it is meant to be literal, but it still seems to be an unhappy coincidence to him.
Viktor takes a moment to flip through a few pages, more to catalogue the names of the signs than anything else. The pictures themselves are different, but he recognizes the names. He puts the book on the table so that they can both look at it.]
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[Which is what all this is, as far as he's concerned, but he's already made that clear. All of this is important to the people who have brought them here, and given the presence of one of these cards in the room where he'd awakened, he can only assume that it had something to do with whatever kind of ritual these people performed to bring them here.
He's been working with magic too long to fully discount their significance, even if the social aspect makes him roll his eyes a little. Viktor notes that Thancred has helpfully opened the book to his own symbol--he'd received the broad strokes from their hosts, so he understands that none of it is meant to be literal, but it still seems to be an unhappy coincidence to him.
Viktor takes a moment to flip through a few pages, more to catalogue the names of the signs than anything else. The pictures themselves are different, but he recognizes the names. He puts the book on the table so that they can both look at it.]
Is any of this familiar to you?