Coleman groans. Clowns are a pain, but the Ringmaster's memory is worse. The indignity of having a clown passenger on board isn't as bad as the threat of having a train destroyed or finding your path abruptly blocked with a circus. They'll just have to put up with--

[quote=@Count Numbers]...straight up into a fireman-carry, never stopping for a moment, weaving away from the biggest active threat right now, and also the Wreck. [/quote]

And just like that, the problem solves itself.

[quote=@TheAmishPirate]"Can we experiment on that thing first?!"[/quote]

And just like that, the problem [i]unsolves[/i] itself,

"Nope! Not today! Moving out!"

That's the thing about keeping yourself between a threat and your friends. It means that when it's time to turn tail and run, your friends are also directly in line between you and the exit.

Now if only he thought there were enough time to both grab them and get away unscathed. But if the two idiots don't have the sense to run, he'll have to have the sense for them.

[7 on Get Away, taking Ailee and Jackdaw with him.]