[Foster's problem really seems to come down to the fact that he talks too damn much. Even if he says a number of relatively sensible things, it's always weighed down by something irritating. In the Ringmaster's experience, the more concise he is, the more flattering it is to his intentions.]

You have got to be joking. It's been... what? Less than a year? It would have to be. That's not a long time, even by human perception.