[ the mention of clowns makes hope like ??? but he. guesses he can't really say anything when he was at a school with a bear for a principal. ]

I agree—the sooner, the better. Of course, that's a lot easier said than done. It's a lot to coordinate 30-something people without forcing them to participate in the same way that we're compelled to attend trial...

[ hope follows behind cloud! ]

Sorry, um—Cloud, right? I've just realized we've never really... spoken so far.