Hearing the description from the Hermit, the Hanged Man, Alger, recalled some information he had gathered, and he thought to himself: The Hermit knows quite a lot about the Life School!
Justice Audrey then continued to ask, "Mr. Hermit, does the internal conflict within the Life School have anything to do with their adjacent pathways?"
The Hermit, Odys, replied, "Of course it does. For instance, suppose I formed a Beyonder organization whose primary Beyonders belong to the Mystery Pryer pathway and the Spectator pathway.
"These two pathways are not adjacent ones, meaning there is no fundamental contradiction between them. Moreover, because they came together for a shared goal, they can live in harmony for the initial period.
"However, because Beyonder resources and Beyonder channels are limited, this arrangement inevitably involves the issue of primary developmental directions.
"Beyonders of the Mystery Pryer pathway naturally hope to develop in a direction favorable to their pathway, and Beyonders of the Spectator pathway feel the same way.
"Therefore, even if they aren't adjacent pathways, conflicts will arise over such matters. But if an organization features a primary set of Beyonder pathways, this problem won't appear, and internal friction can be largely avoided."
Audrey smiled. "So that's how it is."
The High Priestess, Cattleya, also slowly nodded, considering the Hermit's analysis to be extremely precise.
Klein and Alger shared similar views.
During the rest of the gathering, a few more topics were discussed before Klein announced that this Tarot Club session had ended.
Odys returned to the real world, first spacing out for a moment before heading to the outdoor studio to set up an altar. He sacrificed the ahead-of-time retrieved Beyonder weapon to the Fool and paid eighty pounds.
About twenty minutes later, Odys received a notification to conduct the bestowment ritual, obtaining