"A war, I think," he says. Based on what he's seen and hear, it sounds like they're looking for warriors. "As it always is."

What continues to eat at him, however, is wondering what is wrong with them that is not wrong about the ones upstairs. It's not just that they are useless, it's that they're dangerous. That's what he wants to figure out, more than anything.

"...Divination, mayhap. Some indication that, according to fortune, we will not behave in the way they like. Those were astrologian cards, were they not?"

He remembers that there was a card set up next to the fountain when he was summoned - the same that marks his clothing now.