And that someone else seemed to join that person.
You sometimes find pumpkins all around your circus for various reasons, and they always seem to leave in the same way, always being illusive. You once caught a pumpkin appear out of the corner of your eye, just, out of the blue, new pumpkin came into existence. So, you assume the rest of the pumpkins follow the same pattern.
Every once so often, since you were a little kid, you took these pumpkins and carved them with memories you had of dreams. They usually include a big circle growing smaller and smaller, stars, fighting, a cog, an hour glass, and sometimes, even before you met him in person, your pal Syb. You always expect him to be the version you dream of, but, alas, he's always slightly worse.
Speaking of which...