"Any idea how much better?"

"No."

"Its okay." Temple reassures. "So, how pressing is this? Are the cards likely to cause the world's destruction in a matter of hours or years?"

"Months?"

"And then what happens?"

"Then the world will be destroyed?"

"I think he means it's a continuous process."

"Yes."

"I also wanted to know how they are going to destroy the world and... what class of destruction it will be? Are we talking about all humans dead or the planet shattered to pieces or what else?"

"All of those?"

"Are these Cards that powerful?"

"They get more powerful the longer they're active."

"Well, fuck. Only one person can become a cardcaptor? Is there... a possibility of sucession in case the previous one dies?"

"...yes."

"Would that be hard to set up in advance?"

"Yes? It can't be set up in advance, the book and the key of the seal will know."

"Know what?"

"Who's worthy to become the next cardcaptor."

"What... what does worthy mean?"

"I don't really know. Whoever Clow thought would be a good master."

"Okay... Were there previous cardcaptors that you know of?"

"No. You would be the first."

"Great, no previous voices of experience for my quest to save the world," Temple says with too much levity for the situation. "Oh, wait. Were there other magic users? Do you know how to contact them?"

"There are many sorcerer clans, but I haven't left the book in more than a hundred years."

"God, why? Were you trapped in there or something?"