"Uh..." Alice stopped. "So there's a pattern to the people you pull in?!"
"There wasn't at first." Klein sighed. "It was actually a coincidence. Other than Leonard, everyone I pulled here came because of one coincidence or another, but..."
He did not continue. He merely frowned at Alice. Alice reached up and scratched her hair, reviewing the backgrounds of the Tarot Club members Klein had told her about. It really was true.
That was rather peculiar. Alice leaned closer and lowered her voice.
"I get it!
"This was all destined!"
"?" Klein looked up at her expressionlessly. "Then what about you?"
"What?" Alice asked blankly.
Klein shook his head and reminded her, "If the Tarot Club was arranged, then what about you?"
Alice fell silent.
Very obviously, discussing this was nothing but mutual injury for the two of them. Alice gave up on this evenly matched mockery and asked again:
"But so far, all the cards you've handed out have been Major Arcana.
"It's normal for Major Arcana to be a little special... Have you considered giving them Minor Arcana?"
"Do whatever you want." Klein laughed. "After all, unless they appear here and become members of the Tarot Club, it doesn't have any practical meaning. So... whatever makes you happy."
Alice could not speak.
Klein was right. No matter how impressively they played up the Tarot Club, they still had to face the organization's sparse numbers in private.
Alice clenched her fists and sat up straight. "Why did you exclude Leonard when you were talking about coincidences?"
Klein glanced at Alice and shook his head.
"Because when I saw the Angel on Leonard, I was already considering bringing him here... even though you told me that Angel bore no ill will.
"But in other respects, Leonard wasn't particularly special... After