"I know that. Once she had Steven she let the rest of us leave." But then she used him to try and get the Blue Rose, so that wasn't the end of her coming after the carnival anyway.

He lifts his head up a little, resting his cheek on his hand. "I just wonder why he made that deal in the first place, instead of killing everyone or just taking someone by force if he was kidnapping people." He wrinkles his nose a little. "Did he say anything about that?"