Still chuckling, she scoops the coins off the table with one hand into the other. It's simple sleight of hand: one of them is replaced by another, different coin, similar in size and weight but with whatever once decorated its faces almost worn away. A special coin.

"You have made me laugh, therefore I refund your reading fee," he has her say, holding her hand out, ready to drop the coins into his. Hopefully if Rundas notices at all, she'll take this as a compliment rather than biting her style.