Got to have something to believe in. At least a little.

[he reaches over to take the moon card back and shuffle it back into his deck, cutting and sorting without much aim.]

Something in between those two things. Be disrespectful to the cards to say it's all my wonderful words. They've got their own power, but it isn't exactly magic. I'm certainly not casting any spells on them. And it isn't all trickery either. Sometimes you just have to know what people are looking to hear.