But this was not the time to worry about the Speaker of the Present World. The two sat down on the sofa together, and while his body and mind could still hold out, Shade briefly explained the current situation and the problems they faced.
As they spoke, their hands naturally clasped together. He wanted Adele to understand all this so that, if she appeared in the Sixth Epoch, she would at least know the current state of affairs and be able to tell friend from foe. After all, the people Shade had brought in to help this time had rather complicated identities.
When Shade finished explaining, the young lady with the tear mole at the corner of her eye understood that it was time to say goodbye again.
But this time, there would be no regrets in her heart. The long-lost sense of anticipation and thrill was reviving the soul that had been worn away by the radiance of doomsday:
"I will await your call."
As she spoke, she rose and took the card, handing it to Shade. When he tried to pull it from her hand, she did not let go. Only after Shade exerted force again did the card finally end up in his hand.
There was laughter in her golden eyes. Compared to the "highly respected" and "majestic" Speaker of the Witch Council from Shade's imagination, she truly looked like a young girl experiencing her first stirrings of love.
The pattern on the back of the "Calamity Cards" was completely identical to those of the "Rhodes Cards" and the "Myriad Aspects of Impermanence Cards." By the firelight, Shade turned the card over and saw gilded Delarion Language inscribed at the top:
Light's Prayer
The image beneath the words showed a "luminous angel" with Miss Brown's appearance spreading