It's hard to describe how distressing it is to see someone just start laughing completely unprompted. Especially after an angry outburst like the one Foster just had. It's confusing and upsetting and he'd really like it to stop.

"Why are you laughing?"

He wants to understand, he wants to believe the Ringmaster wouldn't force someone who is too sick to function properly to work under her. Then again, what did the Ringmaster understand about this kind of illness?

"Nothing about this is funny!"