"I won't die," Rita says, with complete (unjustified) confidence. "I don't plan on staying here long enough to starve."

Now that she thinks about it... isn't there something kind of off about this guy? Rita can't put her finger on it, exactly, but he doesn't seem to totally fit in with the other servants. He's not from the carnival, that's for sure, so... what could it be? Maybe it's her imagination.