The orb hovered over the town looking for a place to hover its way in for fun. Sure it felt a little bad for leaving john, but it was made to grant wishes! It liked granting wishes, and did its best to do it right, but English is hard!
It pondered existentialism for a moment and then saw a red balloon float past. It looked down to see a car lot grand opening and flew down to see what the fuss was about.