It had taken a little while for Geralt to answer Akane's question, but she didn't pressure it, and gave him the time he needed, though it did make her curious as to why this might have seemed like such a hard question to answer. She had thought it was simple enough, but upon receiving it, she smiled widely at him, glad to hear it was the case.

[color=rosybrown]"I'm glad."[/color] She said, before turning her attention to Illy as she said what card she wanted from Cora. She was quick to hand it over to her without looking at it, but was mostly paying attention to Geralt and Cora's exchange. It made her curious of what other cool tricks he could do with his hands. 

[color=rosybrown]"Hmm? Oh, right!"[/color] She said, before reaching over and taking a card from Aurel, excited to have found a pair to drop. 

[color=rosybrown]"You and Aurel have that in common, he's pretty quick too! Have you ever been interested in card tricks, Aurel?"[/color] She asked the other man, who hadn't been expecting to be dragged into the conversation. 

[color=#a7d3d4]"I mean.. they're cool looking. I've seen Lucien do a couple before.. I just didn't think to try it."[/color] He muttered. Aurel had never been a fast runner, and his physique had never been particularly strong, but he had always had very fast reflexes and reaction times.. maybe it was from learning to hunt for food as a kid, but that much had always seemed natural to him. It was typical of a snake so.. perhaps that was why. 

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Ivory made her way across the grounds again toward the mess area, despite the sun making it harder for her to see, she could vaguely tell that Illy actually did join the card game. That was good, though it didn't seem like they had quite finished. 

[color=darkgray]"Lucien's asking for you."[/color] She told the magician blatantly before she took a seat next to the fortune teller.