Cole shakes his head as they continue walking. "I don't want them to see me, so they don't."

It's as simple as that. Really, it might be best if nobody saw him. A whisper in their ear, a voice in the back of their head, it might be best if compassion was that instead of the awkward gangly Cole who says all the wrong things. But people like Cole. And, he's got a job to do. So being visible it is.

"I want the carnival to see me. And I want customers to see me. It's easier being unseen, unnoticed, unknown but I can't do it all of the time."