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Byline: Maria Lockwood
June 23--Jacob Roeber wants to leave his audiences mystified. "Eyes on the table, jaws on the floor, hands in the air, 'How did he do that?'" the Superior magician said. Last week, he kept Enbridge employees chuckling and gasping with a series of tricks wrapped in light-hearted banter. At one point, he "fumbled" with a trick. An audience member guffawed, then offered an apology of sorts. "We weren't laughing at you; we were laughing with you," the man told Roeber. "When did I give you a speaking part in my show?" the magician shot back, improvising a joke on the spot. Roeber prefers smaller settings and magic in its purest form -- cups …