Four of Swords - Temperance
is not there to deal with them
is not there to - Four of Swords
deal with them - Temperance
Four of Swords is busy with his vision quest that is part of the rituals that make him a knight, so he is not there to participate in any interaction.
Temperance in Tarot Verbatim uses the back-and-forth flow that blends wine and water together to represent two sides interacting. It appears when you deal with them, when there's conversation or negotiation back and forth....