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[ when the sound comes on, joker seems to be in the middle of a conversation, tense and clearly uncomfortable, and both voices are a little muffled. one of them is quickly rising, though, frustrated, wheedling. ]

"--Joker, don't--"

--yer 'ands offa' me!

[ rustling, the sounds of a brief scuffle, and a startled hiss. ]

"--orry, I don't-- I'm

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I dunno' what yer talkin' 'bout, Mate, but me, I'm from London. Eas' End.

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'S where all th' frowaways are dumped. [ he pokes a pin at the nv, brows arching. ] .. What, you fink I need ovver English aroun' ter make meself at 'ome?

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Yer jus' need practice 'earin' it, Mate. See, 'at's anovver reason ter come see me, roight?

[ a pause, then his brows arch. ] Do I look loike I'm wearin' enough makeup ter be a clown? I'm a little've everyfing else: acrobat, knife-frowin', jugglin'.. Man 'f many talents, me.

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[ he laughs, rocking back slightly on his stool. ] Yer know an awful lot about clowns, Mate. Should I be worried? 'S it a fancy've yers?

.. 'Up ter speed'. S'pose I 'ave been. Couple've blokes I met 'ere 'ave been 'elpful.

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Ah. Not much've a reader, meself. [ if only because he's not very good at it. in the circus, he'd only needed basic reading and arithmetic to order supplies and the like. ] An' television's that fing in th' box, innit? [ he's seen them, but thus far, he hasn't seen much point in them. ]

Werewolf, eh? [ no sign of a reaction, but then, who knows if he even believes him. ] Nice ter meetcha'.

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[ he rests his elbows on the vanity, chin in his palms. ]

1880s. Bit of a long time ago.

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.. Already know 'im. Same world, me an' 'im.

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Mate, didn' I say I was part've th' carnival? Big 'ouses an' fancy manners en't my sort've fing.