Lavender quickly tucked her long hair behind her ears before leaning in to straightening Malachi's selected cards into a straight line. "I'm going to do a simple five card spread," she said, having the feeling he wasn't that into divination that he'd want to dive into anything deeper. But if she was wrong, then she could always do another?
"The first card will represent the past," she explained as she flipped the Two of Swords over. "Okay, so this is the Two of Swords. It shows a young, strong, blindfolded woman who holds a long sword in each hand across her heart. She is sitting before a sea filled with rocks which are obstacles to clear passage for ships. The woman is blindfolded, showing that she is confused about her situation. The woman in this card is intentionally blinding herself in avoidance of a very difficult choice which must be made. Her avoidance brings her what appears to be a certain peace of mind, for she is very calm and seems somewhat relaxed despite the difficulty of her situation. Occasionally when we are face with difficult choices we attempt to hide from them and pretend to ourselves and others that if we ignore them long enough they will go away of their own accord. However, the decision will not leave us simply by our willing it to depart; the attempt to play at ignorance is not bliss. Our conscience will eventually force us into facing our refusal to deal directly with the situation." She looked up at Malachi with a small sympathetic smile.
"The women in the card would be your mother. This is a card of choice and of the difficulty of indecision from your past that's lead to your recent choices. Do you understand this?" She asked looking across at him in question, assuming he would knowing what she already did about his past.