"Kids shouldn't be weapons," he replied, his accent dropping to almost nothing as memories of a certain island flashed through his head for a moment.
Then that smile was back and he was bringing those cards he'd been shuffling to hold in front of her. A single card was facing the two: Ace of Spades.
"Knowledge."
He let the card drop, shuffled some more with that one hand and skillfully flipped over the top card without touching it with the fingers of his other hand. Five of Diamonds.
"A Journey."
That dropped and he shuffled again before fanning the cards and holding them out to her, "Pick your card."