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"Aric said he sees evidence of then at all He also said that some believe Tarasovas are Minors"
Gran crossed her arms over her chest "Bull manure I’m no Minor They have their own functions--to hide evidence of the Major Arcana, to hasten the game, and then to rebuild the civilization afterward My function is to make sure you win"
Why hadn’t Matthew told me about them? Or had he? The last time I’d seen himen, slavers, militia, cannibals, andMinors "The Fool told ht he was talking about miners, with an e" Howtalk? Sometimes I could have sworn he’d confused me on purpose "Why would they plot?"
"They’ll want the earth righted as soon as possible Minors like to see dead Majors--because catastrophes end with the close of the game"
I’d made promises over my mother’s body to find Gran and see if we could fix all that the apocalypse had broken Was dying theI could do to further that end?
"Once you’ve collected all the icons, the earth should come back," Gran said "The sun as well"
"Should come back?"
"There’s never been a disaster like this I can’t say for certain" She rubbed her te "When you were a girl, I knew you would be important to the future of humanity, but I didn’t kno Maybe you’re supposed to reseed the planet"
Yet I couldn’t do that perht came back--if I even won For that to happen, I’d have to lose Aric, Lark, Circe, Finn, Joules, and Gabriel In other words, I’d be insane
Now Gran had just confirmed a new threat--to all of them I’d have to think about the Minors later Put ’em on the list "When the Eame?"
Aric had revealed how he’d spent his solitary centuries: "I wander the earth and see et my hands on I watch the stars in the sky; over hten I sleep for weeks at a tion"
When he’d made that confession, I’d thanked God I hadn’t been cursed to that His horse looks sick, and he has no friends Why would he have made friends? Just to watch them die, over and over?
Gran frowned "What did the Empress do? She was immortal"
"But how did she spend her time? What was her life like?" My life
"I don’t know," she said, clearly stuaoddess And relived her lorious victories"