Escape Artist

For the first time in many years, we went to the circus when it came to town. It was actually a lot more entertaining than we thought it would be, and though Alena didn't seem to be paying much attention, she talked about it nonstop on the way home. Reasor must have learned something there too. I mean, how did he manage to get from this:

to this, in under 2.5 minutes?

Good thing he was willing to divulge his trickery so we don't just sit around scratching our heads.