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But it's too harmful to the cards.

Just like the voyager pushing stubbornly through a blizzard: no matter how healthy, or how warm the clothes, their warmth is pulled away trace by trace in the end.

The moment warmth is lost, all remedy will be of avail no more.

Ahaha...

Just a comparison Sami tend to use fairly often. I imagine you comprehend it.

Yup, yup, I getcha.

All ready now?

Mm. They're ready. They should be able to shine a light for you on some of your conundrums.

Gather them together, cut them once, and starting from where you've cut them, lay down three cards.

Remember, do not turn them over yet.

So ya don't actually do a darn thing, Gitano?

I'm merely your guide in understanding. Shouldn't you uncover your own fate?

Or, perhaps, you're easily willing to lay your fate in others' hands?

Alrght, I get it now. Lemme at 'em!

Stack 'em up... cut... lay three cards face down in front.

That oughta be good, right?

Your movements are very direct. It seems you are not adrift.

Darn tootin'.

Well, then. Please.

Turn a card however you wish.

Ya been so dead serious all this time. Got some pressure on me.

There's nothing to be scared of. Come.

Reveal your first card.

(Flips card)

The Knight of Cups, Reversed.

Ya gotta fill me in. Does forward or backward matter anythin'?

To put it simply, reversed cards symbolize that you are currently hindered by something.

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Huh?!

Relax. These hindrances are not necessarily bad in meaning.

They simply mean that right now, you are unable to successfully proceed.

Breakthrough, and success, perhaps aren't too far away.

Gotcha.

Let me look carefully.

Have you run into any problems doing business?

Uh, suppose I have.

That's how it goes more or less every month. Sometimes I blunder decidin', 'n then I don't earn nothin.' Pain in my keister.

You've probably seen an opportunity, but failed to grasp it.

That's the story of anyone doin' business any day of the week.

So this time, you've prepared to stake it all?

I trust my intuition. Headin' to Gavial's ol' place is gonna pay off big!

I see.

By my understanding, Rhodes Island's procurement services have always been short of hands. As long as you're willing to help them with some work, money won't be a problem, and most risk will be shouldered by Rhodes Island instead.

Why choose to go it alone?

That, huh.

Used to workin' by myself.

It seems your decisions are not wholly profit-seeking.

Ain't as grand as ya put it, neither. Just seein' the world fer myself, makin' some money on the side to patch up expenses.

Always gotta spend money fer the good stuff, after all.

I understand.

So this, uh, this here card, basically, it ain't no good sign.

Coming events will not be smooth.

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So can I just—Gitano—ya gotta teach me!

Don't rush. This is merely a beginning.

Come. Reveal your second card.

D'awwwgh, alright...

(Shakes as she flips a card)

The Ace of Wands, Upright.

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Wh... what's this one mean...?

You have seized an opportunity, and are about to receive an advantage in life from it.

Though there may be great danger, you have issued your challenge to life with full conviction.

Sounds like a good thing.

When I divined for myself, I once came to this one too.

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Whoa—y'all can even do divination fer yerselves?

When a flash of miraculous light strikes, diviners are utterly capable of peering into their own paths.

'n here I thought diviners only took money 'n did stuff fer other folk.

Ultimately, currency cannot settle all questions.

Moreover, there are some paths outsiders have no recourse to interfere in. Only by conversing with themselves, feeling through things, pursuing, can they grasp a chance at a clue.

Gets pretty darn complicated, then.

It's just like how you choose to conduct business by yourself, Croissant. All your decisions, any of your choices, they're all crystallizations of your years of business experience, aren't they?

Others can only give suggestions. The power to decide lies eternally in your own hand—just as it does now.

Even if all three cards portended the worst outcome, would you really change your decisions?

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Money's spent...

So you've only come seeking a comfort of sorts, hoping I might give you reassuring results.

Ah—no need to answer me. Many are like that. I understand it very well.

All of us will tend to hope for something unrealistic in uncertain times, something that'll resolve it all.

Unfortunately, I'm not what you've all been hoping for.

All I can do is peer shallow into the road ahead, and offer all the help I can.

You've paid my terms, and so I have a responsibility to spare no effort for you.

Only this, and nothing more.

Gitano...

Let us continue.

Al... Alrighty.

You will have an adventure, but it seems your journey won't be serene.

As for the outcome, we may look to the last card to show our answer.

I can't say whether there'll even be a single note of LMD at the end.

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It just keeps gettin' more dangerous...

I only bring up a poorer kind of possibility.

Returning with overflowing riches is not out of possibility's realm, either.

Gosh, could ya imagine?

I'll be visiting Perfumer's sometime for a complete course of aromatic sleep therapy, then.

I'll leave the bill to you.

I make some cash 'n I'll cover ya!

Hm-hmm. It's a done deal.

Now, then, let us explore your destination in this journey.