Chapter 6: Three cards for the past (1).

Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Three cards for the past (1).

The air in the cramped stall seemed to drop several degrees as her fingers brushed the top of the deck. Outside, the muffled roar of the night market, the sizzle of fat on grills, and the rhythmic thump of ether bass from a nearby stage all seemed distant, as if the velvet curtains were thicker than they appeared.

She tapped the deck once with one nail.

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