'Let there be Light'-- from the beginning of time? [ He can't help sounding faintly incredulous, and yet Jean-Claude has already realized how different things are here, so he is willing to believe with more persuasion. He has met Oliver, after all, he knows such a thing is possible even at home, with the Mother of All Darkness.

Yet he cannot imagine Marmee Noir casually speaking to someone at Carnivale. ]

Surely, you realize you cannot simply say such and tantalize me without explaining further. [ It would be so rude. Also, Jean-Claude is a bloodhound around the scent of power. ]