[ He nods sympathetically, catching the brief change in her expression. Having no insight to her circumstances, he can still well understand the urgency of pressing obligations. And how inconvenient things can become when traveling through time and space at inopportune intervals. (He had tried to time it as well as he could back on the First. Ah well.)

She doesn't offer more and he won't push the matter. She is out here trying to keep things light-hearted during a blackout, after all, and G'raha wishes to respect that. But he does offer-- ]

In my experience, the time that passes in one place does not necessarily reflect the same flow of time at our point of origin.

[ So...she may not be missing out on as much as she fears.

...Or, consequently, the opposite can be true. But he's trying to place some hope, here.

But! To learn that she uses her cards in a similar matter is a point of interest indeed. G'raha raises his brows. ]

So you are an Astrologian as well? But you cast them on yourself? Fascinating...

[ There's no judgement in that admission at all. An Astrologian from a potentially different world! How would that affect the cards themselves? The effects they offer? How one interprets them? Twelve, Urianger would love this.

Gingerly, he accepts the card and smiles. The design is lovely. ]

And what does this one mean?