"... huh. O... kay, well, that's worrying, but we'll unpack all that later. So, what, did you get into something around here, or did working for a fae just sound super chill to you?"

Then again, given the stories one typically hears about fae, he isn't sure why he's surprised she's fine with putting kids to work around the carnival. At least she's not... stealing them at random or something like that.