"I wouldn't call it 'settling', when one incorporates subtlety into one's art as well. After all, a proper showman must know how to bring about that awe-filled pause of wonder in an audience. Just as much as bringing about the raucous cheering to a successful performance."

Jack was a master of fright, after all. To be frightening, one often had to know just when exactly 'Nothing' could be used to great effect. It was a control of the tension and emotions provoked joined in a complicated dance.