[Thatta boy. Joker makes sure he won't pitch forward or anything before settling down himself not too far off. Wings as big as his require certain sitting.]
A couple of reasons. He needed the money, like most folks do... And, frankly, he thought he just couldn't leave.
The rest of my family knew him too... Drove my sister absolutely mad that he wouldn't listen when she said he should just pack up and go. [Joker snorts.] He really was a stubborn git... But, I guess from his view, no one really understood, yeah? He figured everyone else was just full of it, able ta say things like that when they had no idea what he went through. So he doubled down on stayin'.
[Heaving out a breath, he shakes his head slightly, a motion that has his half a dozen earrings clinking together.]
It took somethin'... pretty bad for him ta realize he had ta leave. But he did decide ta do it, in the end.
[Looking over at Steven again, he ruffles the hair between his roses a bit.]
That's the important thing, I think. If we go in there tryin' ta shake things up, if those folks don't want ta leave, then we'd just be makin' things worse for no reason. They'd hate us, then. We'd be those gits who thought we knew better than them. In the end, it has a be them who decide ta do somethin'.
So even if it doesn't seem like much... The best thing ya can do at all is just be good, alright? So if they are in a bad situation and they want ta go, they'll think "oh, that lad Steven was good ta me" and make that choice ta come over themselves. Ya can't force it.
And that's an "if", mind ya. [As he goes to remove his hand, Joker lightly taps one of Steven's horns.] We don't know much yet besides this fellow is a fan of old fashioned things, and the Ringmaster doesn't like him. For all we know, he's mostly good ta his own and just thinks other folks like her are tirin'.
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A couple of reasons. He needed the money, like most folks do... And, frankly, he thought he just couldn't leave.
The rest of my family knew him too... Drove my sister absolutely mad that he wouldn't listen when she said he should just pack up and go. [Joker snorts.] He really was a stubborn git... But, I guess from his view, no one really understood, yeah? He figured everyone else was just full of it, able ta say things like that when they had no idea what he went through. So he doubled down on stayin'.
[Heaving out a breath, he shakes his head slightly, a motion that has his half a dozen earrings clinking together.]
It took somethin'... pretty bad for him ta realize he had ta leave. But he did decide ta do it, in the end.
[Looking over at Steven again, he ruffles the hair between his roses a bit.]
That's the important thing, I think. If we go in there tryin' ta shake things up, if those folks don't want ta leave, then we'd just be makin' things worse for no reason. They'd hate us, then. We'd be those gits who thought we knew better than them. In the end, it has a be them who decide ta do somethin'.
So even if it doesn't seem like much... The best thing ya can do at all is just be good, alright? So if they are in a bad situation and they want ta go, they'll think "oh, that lad Steven was good ta me" and make that choice ta come over themselves. Ya can't force it.
And that's an "if", mind ya. [As he goes to remove his hand, Joker lightly taps one of Steven's horns.] We don't know much yet besides this fellow is a fan of old fashioned things, and the Ringmaster doesn't like him. For all we know, he's mostly good ta his own and just thinks other folks like her are tirin'.