“It’s all right, guys. I just needed some time to… reflect.”

[laugh track plays]

“… and subsequently repressed as adults.”

“I remembered what it’s like to feel my mind and soul screaming, as if I’d never know joy again.”

“The road to hell is paved with hellish circusfolk.”

-Ancient proverb

The same thing happens allegorically in every Steinbeck novel.

Sailor Moon Medical Tips: If you appear to be suffering a heart attack, wait it out like you would for an ear infection.

Thank you for those very specific and helpful instructions

“Actually he spent the whole time encased in a magical artifact in my room. But I’m sure he was thinking very hard.”

This is like the melodramatic fantasy equivalent of “Your glasses were on top of your head the whole time!”