You’re walking past Circus Baby Gallery the day before Circus Baby’s Pizza World opens, but you stop when you see little 8-year old Elizabeth walking towards Circus Baby against her father’s words. You can hear her mumble something along the lines of: “Daddy’s so mean, he said he made her for me so why can’t I play with her?” She hears you and turns around.

“Oh, um, I was just, um-“