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Kan must know for sure that Roo's cards are either both even or
both odd. The only way he can be sure of this is if he's selected
the three even cards leaving Roo only odd numbered cards. Therefore
Kan has cards $2$, $4$ and $6$ and the sum of his cards is
$12$.