[He wouldn't blame them either, this mask is creepy... There's a reason he's not holding it in a place where he might easily catch a glimpse out of the corner of his eye or something.]

Nope. [Shaking his head! Nearby, a couple of booth-runners duck away from them...] Geez... Definitely not. I'd remember if something like this happened! But I guess the whole "actual carnival thing that isn't just a ViViD level" is new, too.

[He doesn't yet know that Aria is a returning troublemaker, alas, but he will add:]

That lady who handed them out was pretty freaky too, wasn't she?