[The names could be gibberish, for all Laura knows about weaving. But she listens with the same care she'd give a lesson on weaponry, following the places indicated. Loom, shuttle, stock, and waste.]
Houses? [Laura looks up at the woman, and then back down at the cards, her brows drawing together.] ...Yes.
[No. She can see that they alternate black and blue, and that the numbers go up in order, but where houses come into it is unclear. The term is something she is supposed to know, the way the woman uses it, though, so she intends to figure it out from context.]
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Houses? [Laura looks up at the woman, and then back down at the cards, her brows drawing together.] ...Yes.
[No. She can see that they alternate black and blue, and that the numbers go up in order, but where houses come into it is unclear. The term is something she is supposed to know, the way the woman uses it, though, so she intends to figure it out from context.]