"I haven't been on stage in years. Court gives me all the drama and performance I need." And he gets to change lives sometimes. "Yeah, it's... almost certainly universal. You get used to talking in a way that can't be wrangled out of. Or wrangled in to."

Foggy choked slightly. "No! They're snowmen, they don't feel. I built them to enact the pathos of the human condition. Or because I thought it would be funny. But I wouldn't use real blood. It'll draw wildlife. And might trigger PTSD in people, and I would rather avoid berserker soldiers fighting off the enemy."