Shrieky feels a small thrill of excitement as she describes the card, because that does make perfect sense when applied to his life. However, as he leans forward to study the image on the back of the card, a thought occurs.

"But... considering that this city is populated largely by the victims of kidnapping, wouldn't there be an extraordinarily high likelihood of that card describing the past of anyone who came to sit here with you? Since being relocated to a strange city where you know no one certainly counts as undergoing a change and ending a certain part of your life? Does that card come first often?"

Because it would make total sense if it did. He stares at her fixedly, awaiting her answer.