Someday, it should be fun to see Joker try that -- but that day won't be today.

"Any idea what that 'thing' was?" Lambert wants to know, brows raised. "Considering everything we've just dealt with, it sounds like something we'd like to avoid dealing with again. Could have saved a lot of grief if someone had just told the Ringmaster 'no.'"

Then again, how much of an option is that, really? They have a lot of latitude to do what they want, but Lambert gets the sense the Ringmaster doesn't handle disappointment well. Just a hunch.