Whispering Smoke: Truth is in the Bark
Quiet as the snow, Abandons Fear approached the section of the market stamped smooth. His heavy frame settled across the bark cards from Whispering Smoke, his gaze guarded as he listened to the soft questions. Above, his eagle had landed, and was watching with what he knew to be glee in his discomfort, the way one of his hind hooves twitched clear to his flank. There was some hesitation before he closed his eyes, rose up, and moved to the cards slowly, picking his hoof placement carefully as he wove over them.
I SHARE MY BODY, SPIRIT, AND MIND:
Body Symbol: The Nightmare
Body Reasoning: The first bark card he kicked one accident held a strange sort of disrupted path. After learning the name, his muzzle crinkled up some. That, he supposed, made sense. The body was house and test in one. His voice was as low as mountain's roots, measured, "Can't choose your home. Only improve it, answer its challenge." His eyes closed, and this time, his head hung slightly, like a stalking beast as he resumed his meandering.

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Spirit Symbol: The Lifemates
Spirit Reasoning: As Abandon's hoof landed solidly on another slice of bark, and he blinked quickly, turning his head. That symbol made him frown, though it was barely on his face before he smoothed out. "Don't have many of those. Few roots, to go deep, keep the mountain sturdy." Meaningful relationships were important, near sacred- anything shallow was to be culled.

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Mind Symbol: The Zikwa
Mind Reasoning: As his hoof lifted from The Lifemates, it tapped lightly another card. Rather than close his eyes, Abandon accepted that as his third. He canted his head, ears perked some, and then let out a soft wuff of amusement. "My name is Abandons Fear. You must seek it out to cast it off."

Whispering Smoke's Truth is in the Bark
A near-silent doe with her glowing eyes half-closed and her head held low, snaking her way through the Winter Market with her lion in tow. She paused, ear swiveling towards Whispering Smoke. With no words and no need for an explanation of the cards, Path stepped up, and drew three cards closer to herself.
I SHARE MY BODY, SPIRIT, AND MIND:
Body Symbol: 21. ASCENSION is a meeting of the past and the future, a reminder that it's time to review past decisions and actions to improve what's yet to come.
Body Reasoning: Ascension, the first, she smiled at almost wistfully. She kissed the circle at the top, and then huffed it softly. "The body is the perfect symbol of the union of past and future, is it not? We are the children of both before our parents, and motherfather to our own fates because of it. What has been done, you can see in every kin's hide, in their eyes. What they will do, with what they have been given, what they have become. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that terrible?"

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Spirit Symbol: 3. THE SPIDER represents the fact that there's a consequence for every action, fairness, and that everything happening is a result of decisions made in the past.
Spirit Reasoning: Her next card, a simple diamond shape, the spider. This one, she showed to her lion, who seemed, as any proper feline would, not to be terribly impressed. Still, she snuffled at his ear after setting it back down. "Every breath, an exhale. Every path, a wanderer. Every moment of clarity, a blessed moment of madness to rejoice. Knowing that there is a reason for all, and that all have a purpose- even the fly, even the spider."

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Mind Symbol: 10. THE NIGHTMARE represents restraint and powerlessness, the feeling of being out of control, and encourages breaking free.
Mind Reasoning: This one, Path traces to the point of the cross, and then nuzzles it again. "Sometimes- well, a lot of the times- my mind feels not my own. There are so many thoughts racing by, I fear I may be trampled sometimes. But... I have days where I can keep up with them. On those days, I am... powerful."