Even Tal couldn't miss Alys's tension, but he assumed she was afraid that he'd damage or smudge the cards with rough fingers. He made a conscious effort to be gentle with them; as careful as he would be with one of his deliveries. And if he still wasn't sold on their fortune-telling powers he could still admire their craftsmanship and designs.
Dark brows rose in surprise at hearing that the deck in his hands had been a gift and he finished flipping through it respectively before setting it back across the table.
He hadn't been intending to look at the other decks, but something in the way her voice changed made him reach for the third one after all. He shuffled through it slowly, looking at the art with more curiosity than critique. "Is that why it's, uh... blunter?" he guessed, pausing to look at the World in more detail.
Dark brows rose in surprise at hearing that the deck in his hands had been a gift and he finished flipping through it respectively before setting it back across the table.
He hadn't been intending to look at the other decks, but something in the way her voice changed made him reach for the third one after all. He shuffled through it slowly, looking at the art with more curiosity than critique. "Is that why it's, uh... blunter?" he guessed, pausing to look at the World in more detail.
