"No, not necessarily", Val said as he placed a two of clubs down. "It only means that you will need an abstract frame of mind to do so. What do you already know about the Light element?".

Adrien dropped his last card, a king of cups, down on the table with the others. "Well, it's the purest form of rising energy", he said, "and it's about -- knowledge, completeness, and -- being revealed. Which I find very interesting, so I can't wait to try it myself".

Val smiled. He dropped a two of clubs on the table, then cleared the table of all cards, which gave the cue to Adrien to start counting his pile.

"...teen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one", Adrien proclaimed. "...ty-two, twenty-three. I have the most cards".

"I have the most coins", Val said as he went through his cards. He grabbed the piece of paper on which he'd been keeping score. "You have the seven of coins... ah, no point counting for the primes - that already brings you to eleven, and I'm still at nine. You win".

Adrien smiled, satisfied. "You played very well, though".