[Slugger, in the meantime, is trying to understand how this could possibly be so amusing. He takes the box from Luke for examination which inevitably leads to the clown and its spring being ripped from the box, but it also reveals a tube that connected to the clown's mouth.

Suddenly, it makes sense. Slugger doesn't mean to throw the box as far or as high as he does in response, but it lands clear across the kitchen. The poison, it seems, has already been completely dispersed but one can never be too sure. He'd rather not end up like Luke and Edward.]

Joker gas??