[Molly sticks his tongue in his cheek, working on a bit of wordplay or a happy lie (even if the truth is perfectly acceptable) to respond to that. He's been doing so well with it so far, why not continue it?

Aw fuck it. The truth sounds more like bullshit, in this case anyway.]

It makes people happy. There's an intimacy to the whole thing, and if a person is going to drop a few copper or a silver on a fortune, then they want someone to reach them, find the part of them that they don't talk about, and speak to it.

[He flicks his wrist dismissively, trying to downplay the honesty of the answer.] And also the money. But if you're doing something like that for money, at least be entertaining with it.