"I've read a bit about the Major Arcana," is Lambert's response to that, frowning as Strange lays the cards out on the table, one by tattered-edged one. It's certainly the most ragged deck he's ever seen, the illustrations recognizable yet with a quality that suggests they were drawn by hand, rather than mass produced. Some kind of artifact, maybe? Somehow, he just can't imagine Strange having the patience to sit down and draw these himself. The sense of power in the air makes his hair want to stand on end, but he wills it down.
And when Strange lays the cards out? His eye's immediately drawn to the card in the center. The present. He's seen this before, he's sure of it -- in a book?
No. A hazy memory surfaces of another wild-haired man hunched over a table, also telling someone's fortune -- was it his own? -- but there were more cards around it then, a bigger spread than the modest one Strange has drawn here. Yet his finger will reach over, feeling like he's re-enacting something that's already happened before, tapping the table just next to the space beside the card that reads La Lune (and what is Strange doing with a tarot deck in French, anyway?)
"The Moon symbolizes illusion, secrecy, intuition," he recites, still looking perturbed. "It can also be a sign of deception -- of things not being what they seem." His gaze lingers on it a moment longer, before he moves onto the second Major Arcana in the spread. "And the Tower means ... changes. Disruptive, hard to avoid ones."
He leans back, folding his hands in his lap. "No idea about the guy with the sword, though." He looks kind of pissed off, like he wants to stab something with that sword. Lambert feels a little sympathy. If only all his problems could be solved with strategic application of violence...
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And when Strange lays the cards out? His eye's immediately drawn to the card in the center. The present. He's seen this before, he's sure of it -- in a book?
No. A hazy memory surfaces of another wild-haired man hunched over a table, also telling someone's fortune -- was it his own? -- but there were more cards around it then, a bigger spread than the modest one Strange has drawn here. Yet his finger will reach over, feeling like he's re-enacting something that's already happened before, tapping the table just next to the space beside the card that reads La Lune (and what is Strange doing with a tarot deck in French, anyway?)
"The Moon symbolizes illusion, secrecy, intuition," he recites, still looking perturbed. "It can also be a sign of deception -- of things not being what they seem." His gaze lingers on it a moment longer, before he moves onto the second Major Arcana in the spread. "And the Tower means ... changes. Disruptive, hard to avoid ones."
He leans back, folding his hands in his lap. "No idea about the guy with the sword, though." He looks kind of pissed off, like he wants to stab something with that sword. Lambert feels a little sympathy. If only all his problems could be solved with strategic application of violence...