I'm glad you gave Circus a shot even if it wasn't your thing. As the game's writer, I can spoil you on a few of your predictions -- for what it's worth, the "fairly transparent" was intentional because, for better or for worse, it gets pretty crazy at the end: 1) Yes, the goggles are causing the problems. But there's more to it than that. 2) It's the fault of STEEM, yes. But there's more to it than that. 3) Dr. Mabrey is absolutely not trying to counteract something to do with STEEM. 4) The Ringmaster is not responsible for the death of Amelia's mother -- but he still blames himself for it. I'm not going to claim it's the greatest narrative in the history of games or anything, but I will say you're maybe underestimating its predictability a bit. Anyway, again, thanks for playing! Even if it's not for you, it's great to see people discovering the project we put so much into now that it's free for a while.