"No, no, dearest. I thought about pointing out some of the similarities between your aesthetic and the clowns and reminding him that you're not scary, at least not to our family...but then I was afraid it would confuse him."

When she sits beside him, he leans over to kiss her cheek gently. "Anyway, there's a difference between the commedia dell'arte and Killer Klowns. Have you seen the movie? I actually thought it was rather funny when I saw it a few years ago, but I'm not a fan now."