Yes, hilarious. In that bleak, not really funny at all sort of way. Sidesplitting.

"Circus animals perform." So yes, it's an apt comparison. "What do the Unseelie expect from your performance? Can you afford to lose?"

It would really benefit him if Eames deliberately lost and allowed Mogget to be crowned champion of the fae. Not that he expects Eames to care about that. But it would help.