[It's only thanks to his telepathy that he notices two things about the man after the rest of the crowd has gone inside - one, he's from the Far Shore and two, he'd been trying to see the show. He'd been hustling the hustler while the chat about a lack of tickets had been going on, but he catches up on it in a brief rewind of the man's last few minutes.

That's when Schuldig walks up, all smiles the likes of which people better acquainted with him wouldn't think possible.]

Well this is a bummer - I bought two tickets and it turns out my friend's not going to make it.

[He holds up the two tickets for extra effect.]

Were you trying to get in just now, by chance?