"Their current designations are Death, the Moon, the Emperor, the Empress, and the High Priestess," Astræa explains. "If I had not interfered, Lune's chosen might have inadvertently caused another incursus like that which my Many-Named Sister finally closed. His act was the more dangerous, for all that it was more innocent. If Mortimer's chosen had been given time to finish subverting the Automat-- I do not know. I believe that the amount of Fortuna's randomness which she had imbued the mechanism with was too strong for a mortal's Convert, but in truth, I cannot be sure. And I do not know what he planned to instruct the Automat to do, only that his intentions were malicious."
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