Val took the cards from Adrien's hands and shuffled them for a little before reforming them into a pile and putting them on the side. He glanced at the fireplace behind his back, then went to stoke its flames. "On the Light element", he resumed, "I wanted to point out that, rather than knowledge in itself, you may want to think of Light as... representing that which is eternally known". He set the poke back on its stand, then turned around. "That which is eternally known, and eternally achieved".

Adrien tilted his head on the side. "...Knowledge in the complete aspect", he then said.

"Yes -- that is a much more -- ah, much less -- needlessly verbose way of putting it", Val chuckled, lowering his head in what looked like shame.