[It'll be a bit hard to miss. Joker's real emotions don't match up with his cheerful words, and Mime Jr. is too much of an empath to be able to ignore it. It's in her nature to mimic, so she keeps mimicking what he's really feeling.]

That's two of us hoping, then. But enough of such sad thoughts, awfully rude of me not ta introduce myself to a lady! [He bows a bit as much as he can while sitting.] Joker, acting ringmaster of the Noah's Ark Circus.