Negotiation

"You seemed not too surprised being outed like that. Were you expecting me to deduce it?" Asked Ahli to the man who introduced himself as Damian, but in truth was the first card mage Joe.

"Somehow yes. But, it took you quite a long time to do that. And honestly, I'm disappointed in you for that." Joe chuckled. "But, still I have to ask, what made you know? I want to hear if you are being helped by the bread crumbs that I put or did you find anything else outside it."

"Really? You know, you are surprisingly quite narcissistic with yourself. Truly different from what Yola told me about you."

"Is that so? The princess said that? Well, too many things had happened between then and now, so, yeah, this is me embracing myself."