Phillip couldn’t help but smile at her reply, he’d never really put much thought into psychics or anything of the sort, but there seemed to be one on every other block in back in New York. “Hmph,” he almost scoffed. The way she seemed so purely driven by money almost made him feel she was a fake. “How do I know you’re not just some swindler who’s playing a bit?” He asked, his head cocking to the side as he tried to size her up a little better. Phillip found himself sitting down across from her all the same and pulling his wallet out. This ought to be good, he thought to himself. And if not, at least I’ll have something to laugh at later.
“How do you know I am?” She remarked, raising an eyebrow at him. “If you’re good at something -- never do it for free, right?” Seraphine shrugged her shoulders, “Those readers you see on TV, always doing things for free for no reason other then to progress the plot -- that’s such bullshit.” The redhead stopped shuffling her deck of cards, setting them down in front of her -- she pulled the first card off, laying it down. “The Hierophant, reversed. You have a controlling father figure, don’t you? You want out from under his thumb, out of his control.” Seraphine mused, eyes looking up at him, “ -- that’ll happen, soon. Perhaps not as one wants, though.”