"Gold. Right." One more thing to be jealous of in fantasy lands. They have way cooler money. "Unfortunately, most of our currency is, like, imaginary. It's just numbers at the bank." But wow does he not want to try to explain the entire American banking system, so, sidestepping that.

"There are people who already do that stuff, except all the magic is fake. Sleight of hand, you know? People would probably just think whatever I did was smoke and mirrors."