The Grand School of Card Magic - The Spectator Cuts to the Aces: A Weird Visual?

Hey everyone!

This is my first post in the club (aside from my intro, that is). And before you dive in, fair warning, the question I want to ask is a bit hard to explain, so please bear with me for the rambling explanation ahead.

First off, I should mention I'm pretty new to all this.

I wanted to ask a question about the effect in the title ("The Spectator Cuts to the Aces") which is in Volume 1 of The Grand School of Card Magic.

When I started practicing it following the instructions, something felt off from the spectator's point of view—I'm talking about the external presentation of the effect—and maybe I just didn't understand it correctly.

To show you exactly what I mean, I'm linking a couple of YouTube videos demonstrating this specific performance (the links only show the resolution phase, which is what I'm referring to):

Both in the instructions and in the videos, at the end, the magician holds a packet of cards in hand, from which they separate the top card. This packet would be the leftmost of the 4 packets (from the magician's perspective).

Then, on top, they fan and add the top card of the second pile, then the third, and finally the fourth (from left to right).

But (AND HERE'S MY QUESTION), when the magician reveals that each of the 4 cards is an ace, they place them on their respective packets, again from left to right. However, if the spectator pays close attention, they'll notice that the cards *should* be placed from right to left, meaning in the reverse order of when they were "collected," since the topmost card in the magician's hand corresponds to the top card of the rightmost pile, not the leftmost one.

What's odd is that both the book's instructions and the two videos I linked perform it in a way where the audience can potentially spot this "paradox."

What do you all think? Is there something I'm missing? Am I obsessing over a non-issue? Is there a reason why we accept this discrepancy for some greater artistic benefit?

Thanks!