Then maybe you shouldn't– (wait, chastising her for trusting strange people in cloaks is counterproductive to what he's spent time and effort making here, he should shut up and get spiritual,) –deny you are, if you keep hearing the same thing over and over. Doesn't that make it more believable?

(receptive to the talking cat, pretty par for the course for hei, he motions with a gloved hand towards the stool set up in front of his table.)

It's only a palm reading. I just need to touch your... paw, then in a few moments things'll be clear to me.