We've all been willing to pay for it though.

[All of his predecessors had a better sense of humor, he's sure, but they were willing. And that says enough. Ciel's no good with humor, he hasn't been for a long time, but he tries.

Undertaker's joke in return takes him a moment but he can't help his lips quivering, wanting to laugh. It's a bad joke, he shouldn't want to laugh.] I think that was my best one, actually.

[He'll try again though.] How do you make holy water?

[Just a little pause, again.] You boil the hell out of it.