“Actually? No. Not one bit. We have many more things we wish to know than simply what led you to win,” they say. “And ‘winning and losing’ is a bit of a simplistic way to describe what happened with the last jaunt, isn’t it? Usually, winning’s something only one of you does. And yet, here we are; with you and Hermit both still in the game. And, of all things, Lovers too.”

He already knew how Lovers was back, of course. The roulette table in Fortune’s space had made that clear. But he didn’t know why she was back. He didn’t know just what led Death and Hermit to decide to bet on stakes that both of them could win.

And, come to think of it, he also didn’t know whether Death knew about their visit to Fortune’s space. Moon hadn’t told Justice about them visiting Star’s. Did Justice choose to share, or keep quiet?