[ gets the sort of distant look on his face of someone experiencing vivid flashbacks, before snapping back to the present. ]

- Um, well. For instance, there was an auction one time? And okay, the prizes were good, but uh. One Family kept escalating their bid even though they were basically only bidding against themselves. People ended up talking in weird accents, losing the ability to lie, losing their voices entirely, turning into kids... it was wild.