Is there anyone in this Carnival who isn't a huge fucking nerd about something, Lambert wonders? Because he's starting to feel like it's less of a performance troupe and more like an eclectic collection of people who need to get better hobbies.

Never mind that anyone could probably say the same about Lambert himself.

"You lost me there," he comments, crossing his arms. "What do you mean 'closer to the basis of life'?"