True enough, it's only been some number of minutes since the end of the fight, and not all that many. The carnival folks are still in the middle of headcounting and convincing themselves that anything really happened; optimizing their gear distribution might take a while.

"And it'll really drive our success home! Nothing says freedom in the carnival like... hearing random chatter on the main channels, at random points of day or night...?" It sounds sillier the longer he talks, but it'd felt very true when he began, thinking of their various radio-restricted imprisonments.