Cards/Frightened
The candles are lit. The rug is placed on the floor, the incense is smoldering in a corner. Johanna Keehl settles down and begins shuffling her tarot deck. Her six year-old son is busy playing in his room. She doesn't want him to see the prophecy she's attempting to make for him. That sort of thing can be more harm than good for a young child.
Quietly, she draws the first card, the one that represents her son's personality. The Fool, the one that goes on a journey to gain wisdom, the one that challenges the gods and is protected by his innocence. Johanna smiles. That is like she was in her youth, searching for something without knowing what it was. The second one shows her son's talents. Justice, craving fairness and rightfulness in the world. What his path will be exactly, she doesn't know. The only thing she is sure of is that he is frighteningly intelligent for his age.
When she tries to draw a card for her son's future, her hand slips and two cards fall into her lap.
The Tower and Death. Johanna is experienced in reading the cards and knows that Death may sometimes mean a great change, or an unlucky turn, but she is frightened. She fears for her son's life, as every mother would. The Tower's meaning of crumbling foundations and trauma doesn't make it any better. Johanna leaves the deck on the floor and goes to look what her son is doing. She forces herself not to hurry.
Mihael is worried about his mother. He is immersed in a puzzle (if only he knew how much he'd hate them later), when his mother walks into the room, and envelopes him in a hug, as if fearing he'd suddenly disappear. When she stands up again, he can see tears in her eyes.
„Warum weinst du, Mama?"
„Mach dir keine Sorgen. Es geht mir gut."
In Johanna's bedroom, the Wheel Of Fortune is lying on top of the cards.