He could use them for so much more than any of us could. We'd just use them to kill pain; he could use them for genuine enjoyment.
Madness string 18093
When somebody makes a demand that seems so far removed from your personal range of normalcy, sometimes you take a step back and say, 'Am I missing something? Did I really not understand that this is a Thing People Do?' In this case, nope, requester is just weird.