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When a deck of cards was taken from hiding and shuffled before the duo, Lilin mimicked her newly appointed companion's expression with the same degree of fascination. Until now, she hadn't grasped the ampleur of fortunetelling and all of its diverse practices. From personal experience, she'd mostly witnessed clairvoyance and palmistry. Subsconsciously, she had expected the latter. Her right hand laid atop the wooden table still, as if expecting the dingo elder to make use of it. When the elder's attention remained on the cards for a few more moments, it became clear that his method was not one she'd seen before.
She hadn't provided an answer to the younger male's apology right away, not knowing what to make of it in the first place. He had nothing to be sorry for. Instead, she offered a compliant smile. Hopefully he would understand its meaning without her needing to explicitly supply clarification. "I'm Lilin," she offered then, meeting his ochroid gaze a second time. He diverted away for several seconds before returning to her, clearly attempting to decipher what he'd gotten himself into. Her dicromatic face wrinkled into a frown, just momentarily, until she recalled the manner in which he'd stumbled upon the ritual: it had been accidental and clearly, he had not the slightest clue what they were here for. "That's Macarius. He's a fortuneteller," she mouthed almost silently, pairing her statement with a sideway nod to designate the dingo hybrid.
Image courtesy of jeremy vandel; table by the Mentors!
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