She can believe they used to perform; it was only a couple weeks but she saw the carnival grounds themselves, and she checked out some of the tents during that time. That followup comment throws her for another loop.

"What the hell? That is an ass-backwards interview process! Who hires troublemakers for being troublemakers, normally you'd try to like..." Beau paces, gesturing as she searches for words. "Fence them in with upstanding sorts of people, you know, people to be good examples, as you pressure them into being something they're not. Or at least pretending a little better."

It's what happened with her, anyway. If there'd been other people as prone to misbehaving and breaking things as her at the monastery, she might have stuck around a little more willingly. If nothing else, that explains Strange and the other sorts who don't dress like they expect to be juggling for a crowd at a moment's notice.