[Joker's trick—it's just a trick, Alois has to tell himself, just something fancy and apparently fun—it's breathtaking, but less in the wondrous way and more from a heart-stopping startle. Alois literally gasps, cheeks delicately white—and then delicately pink right after, as Joker settles and smiles.
Now, Alois had never been to a circus or a carnival, before arriving here to contract with the Ringmaster. Jim Macken would never have had the opportunity, and Claude Faustus kept his master swaddled safely in the Trancy home like a princess in a tower. Even visits to London were very rare and happened only a few times during Alois' time as an Earl. So he's still learning how to be starstruck by performers. He's still learning how to experience the heartthrob exhilaration of an artist's charms. That's what it is, Alois secretly supposes. Something artistic. Paintings are impressive, but they aren't full of kinetic energy.
What I mean to say is that Alois is astonished, and cannot even hide it. Even when the Carnival is holding performances, he doesn't go and watch them very often, preferring to busy himself with other efforts. (Let's be honest: he gets jealous of the people for whom the crowd go wild.)]
Is it good? To fly? Seems— [Amazing. It seems absolutely amazing. Ahem.] Seems tidy to me.
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Now, Alois had never been to a circus or a carnival, before arriving here to contract with the Ringmaster. Jim Macken would never have had the opportunity, and Claude Faustus kept his master swaddled safely in the Trancy home like a princess in a tower. Even visits to London were very rare and happened only a few times during Alois' time as an Earl. So he's still learning how to be starstruck by performers. He's still learning how to experience the heartthrob exhilaration of an artist's charms. That's what it is, Alois secretly supposes. Something artistic. Paintings are impressive, but they aren't full of kinetic energy.
What I mean to say is that Alois is astonished, and cannot even hide it. Even when the Carnival is holding performances, he doesn't go and watch them very often, preferring to busy himself with other efforts. (Let's be honest: he gets jealous of the people for whom the crowd go wild.)]
Is it good? To fly? Seems— [Amazing. It seems absolutely amazing. Ahem.] Seems tidy to me.