I'm a whore. I know.
This is Ari and this is my final pup. This is Stanley, he's been with the group for 11 years, but he left recently for just over a year and is now back. Ostensibly he left to hold down a job that then closed, but the truth is, he went home to try and help his family out. He's jut now returning and will be taking Michael's former position as sword swallower.
Feel free to be suspicious over how he got so good at this so fast as Michael had just started teaching him a few months before he left. Stan's ability is innate capability, which means when he wants to, he can learn skills about 10x faster than a normal person. He doesn't use this very often and he doesn't really know that he does it.
Despite having been with the carnival for as long as he has, Stanley really doesn't feel like he's part of it. He's very aware that he grew up in wealth and privilege and it left him feel like an outsider in his own mind.