 How does Shannon feel about the circus?
The Blue Behemoth By LEIGH BRACKETT Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. With Shannon's Imperial Circus, the Greatest Show in Space, plastered so thick with attachments...." I've wet-nursed Shannon's Imperial Circus around the Triangle for eleven years, and I know. Nobody insults Buckhalter Shannon's Imperial Circus to Buckhalter Shannon's face unless he's tired and wants a long rest in a comfy fracture-frame. It has always been my desire to lighten the burden of life for those less fortunate...." I propose to charter your circus, Mister Shannon, to make a tour of several settlements along the Tehara Belt."
 Despite it's quality, he truly cares about it.
 He needs it for money, nothing more.  He resents that he's stuck with it, and gets angry when people insult it.  Despite it's quality, he truly cares about it.  He believes in it's quality, and has faith in it.