Or doesn't realize it's a bad thing. Same difference from our standpoint, isn't it -- same way she didn't realize that us getting involved in the power struggle back in computer-world would come back and bite us in the ass.

[Ash is terribly conflicted. On the one hand, she owes the Ringmaster more than she can ever repay for the price of her contract... but on the other, the Ringmaster really, really isn't careful with her toys, and she knows the carnival and its people are all her toys.]

What if she just leaves people here who aren't useful any more? Does the contact allow that?