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[forleaving]

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[brokengold]

[Once there's that permission, that affirmation that he has the right boy, he breathes slightly in relief, a slight hint of a smile. But there's a set of worry behind it, if you're sharp enough. He's realized he doesn't have to be scared, but years later he still can't kick the echo of the habit.

But Elijah had pointed Adam out to him once. It had been at a distance, with the careless commentary that he did tarot readings- real ones, like you do. Because Aidan hasn't told Elijah how Boston feels almost dead to him, that even doing a tarot reading out here was like pulling at the drops of a dried out well.

But the fact is that Elijah is easy to read, even without cards. He wore his feelings on his skin and in his eyes, and Aidan didn't need the cards for anything but theater to tell what his best-friend is upset about. So it's entirely possible that he's just as useless as the lady downtown with purple neon in her window proclaiming herself PSYCHIC.

So he falters for half a second, because he knows that he'll reveal what it means to him if he asks the question. And Aidan isn't the sort of boy accustomed to giving things away to just anyone, and especially not people he doesn't trust. So while his tone is casual, the words are exact, precise, easy to skim over unless you already know what he's talking about.]

My friend said you do tarot readings. Good ones. Can you really do that here?

[It's easy to misread his meaning as here, on campus when what he's really asking is here, in Cambridge, with the ley line like this? His body language doesn't give away the nuance, his face like a mirror.

The lady downtown hadn't seen the question.]

[forleaving]

[Adam pressed his lips together at the question, considering it silently. He should have expected this had something to do with his tarot readings; they'd become quite popular, after all. But something about this question felt different. It was like the other boy wasn't asking if Adam could do readings on campus, but-

The truth was, he'd bluffed his way through most of the tarot readings, relying on body language and facial expressions, details he picked up about people. The ley line had only surged a few times and mostly remained asleep. It wasn't reliable enough to stake readings on- yet. Maybe it never would be. He wasn't sure.]

I do. [He spoke slowly, choosing his words carefully.] Would you like to talk about this in my dorm? My roommate is out right now.

[And he might be more inclined to answer what he thought was the real question somewhere that felt more private. And safer.]