Card-wards!

"Done anything interesting?" asks Tyler. "Since I last spoke to you."

"I'm always incredibly interesting," he says. "And yes, magic."

"Magic's good."

"And the award for 'most generic comment in the history of ever' goes to..."

Tyler raises an eyebrow in response.

"… So anyway, I don't suppose we've come up with some one-size-fits-all method to capture a Card yet?"

"No, I don't think so. They're rather... general."

"Unfortunately," he agrees. "We haven't really looked into… metamagic? Very much? Could be possible to restrict their power by calling upon the Sun, maybe."

"Restrict?"

"Make it less likely to do any major damage while it's free, make it easier to catch? It's been a while since I let them free, it's possible it's more powerful than the others."

"I thought they grew in power with respect to the time when they got active, not the time you let them free."

"… Mmaybe? I'm not sure, Kero made it sound like it was very dire I caught them all asap instead of just 'as soon as they appear'."

"Is there a difference, given you cannot capture them before they appear?"

"No? But I don't know, it could have been reason to do the – tarot card thing earlier?"

"Cerberus wasn't exactly pushing for that, though."

"I heard my name!" says Kero, suddenly waking up from his nap.

"Theo was wondering if the Cards grew in power since being released or since becoming active."

"Since becoming active."

"So it might not in fact be horrifically powerful."

"– I mean, it's not like The Flower was that bad…"

"Exactly."

As they approach their destination, they see police cars blocking the way.

"Might be easier to get through on foot?"

"I have a bad feeling about this."