"Or else they'd end up bound to the carnival," Lambert finishes. Yeah, he could see there'd be a problem with that. Morally, he supposes he should have more objection to how the Carnival can and does trick people into its service, but he also doesn't really care about a bunch of strangers foolish enough to get themselves into trouble, if he's not being paid to get them out of it.

Still, isn't it sort of the carnival's purpose to draw people in? That Joker would actively work against that is interesting.

"Glad I wasn't there for that one. I'm no good with kids."