"Queens nurture and nourish, and embody feminine intuition - water. And kings are the stand your ground, deeply rooted, 'I am a rock' types - earth." But the explanation came almost by rote, falling back on familiar patter as her focus, still on the Knight of Wands tried to go distant, even though she'd been working not to read anything in the cards yet.

"Is this the only deal you made?" she asked, hesitantly, as she tried to make sense of the quick glimpse of vision.