At the Tarot Club, they were trading information about the late Second Epoch.
After hearing the two versions of the Ancient Sun God's actions from the Hermit, the Fool, Klein, felt that the truth should lean toward the latter. Some authorities had been reclaimed by the Ancient Sun God voluntarily, such as those belonging to the Ancient Gods whose pathways were adjacent to his.
He had already had such a suspicion, but today's discussion had made it more concrete. He remembered that the pathways of the Imagination Dragon and the Elf King, two Ancient Gods, were adjacent to the Sun pathway.
Since the Ancient Sun God had awakened as a dual-pathway deity and possessed the Uniqueness of the Marauder pathway, there was no reason for him to spare those Uniquenesses and characteristics.
As for the first version—that the Ancient Gods had provoked him first and the Ancient Sun God had retaliated—Klein estimated that it had been fabricated by churches loyal to the Ancient Sun God.
What puzzled Klein was why the Ancient Sun God had possessed the Marauder pathway's Uniqueness when he awakened.
The Sun and Hanged Man pathways could perhaps have been drawn together by something like the Beyonder Characteristic Aggregation Law, but the Marauder pathway was not adjacent to either of them!
The other members had similar suspicions, but none had Klein's final question.
The only one with somewhat different thoughts was the Sun, Derrick. "The two versions mentioned by the Hermit: the first is the myth I've heard since childhood. I haven't heard the second version before, but it does sound reasonable."
The Hermit, Odys, did not pause and continued, "The second version distinguishes between the Ancient Sun God's processes of reclaiming the Ancient Gods' authorities.
"The authorities of the Imagination Dragon and the Elf King were