Dakota knows I am Satan.

The clown is a disguise so I can appear more friendly and palatable to the human population. If they saw me as I truly am, they would fall dead to the ground. But maybe that is what they need. I will show them my true form so they can die of fright, then put the clown disguise back on so I can play Ring Around the Rosie with the other clowns around the pile of corpses.