Doce jumped when she heard her door unlocking; sudden noises startled her like nothing else could. The Monster Lord walked into her room like he belonged there and started talking immediately. At his first comment, she glanced down at the cards in her hand, but let him keep talking uninterrupted.<br/><br/>"Yes, I've given thought to it," she responded, caution and confidence mixed in her voice. "I am on my own side, meaning the one which keeps me from dying. I think you know which side that is." Phibrizzo was smart, so he would get what she meant. If it were someone else there, she might have been more blunt about offering her allegiance.<br/><br/>Deeming it a safe move to demonstrate her progress, Doce mixed blue with her green cards, and sent five Queens of Diamonds to circle above her hand (keeping the Joker safely within her grasp). She wanted to ask what they might want from her as an ally, but worried that might put her worth into question. Instead, she settled for something that seemed less risky.<br/><br/>"Back where that other man found me," she started carefully, "there were others. Could he not teleport more than one other person at a time?"