"No," David agreed, looking just past Clive. "It doesn't." Some things were much easier said than done, as well.
"You're new. Give them time to forget." Time for them to replace David the King with David the Joker, slot Clive into his proper role. Then everything would fall into line.
"The Deck shall supply, lord King. Jokers want for naught~" Have a blade of a smile, a joke on their traded title. And he'd never ask anything more from the Spades.
He'd look for the thing he thought to pick up at another time. For all he knew, they'd probably already ransacked the place and found it. He wanted to leave at that. Him without a care for the cruelty of Spades, but... ah. The poor man seemed so overwhelmed. And he'd loved them, once.
"You really only have to love them for their flaws, Clive. You now rule a Suit of outcasts." And David planned to watch over a Deck of them. Health of the whole and whatnot.
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"You're new. Give them time to forget." Time for them to replace David the King with David the Joker, slot Clive into his proper role. Then everything would fall into line.
"The Deck shall supply, lord King. Jokers want for naught~" Have a blade of a smile, a joke on their traded title. And he'd never ask anything more from the Spades.
He'd look for the thing he thought to pick up at another time. For all he knew, they'd probably already ransacked the place and found it. He wanted to leave at that. Him without a care for the cruelty of Spades, but... ah. The poor man seemed so overwhelmed. And he'd loved them, once.
"You really only have to love them for their flaws, Clive. You now rule a Suit of outcasts." And David planned to watch over a Deck of them. Health of the whole and whatnot.