All the "crew members" got their part. The Doctor was sitting opposite to the scene, in the small room from which the background was to be projected. Pat and Chibiten were with him - one took the part of changing music, the other watched for pictures to be switched.
Meanwhile behind the scenes the final preparations were being made. As the main organizers, Paul and Mytrice had to watch for everything to start in time. The main difficulty was yet to be faced. And it wasn't the fact that some of the young actors had to take two separate roles (because the "group" performers weren't used to learning things by heart), and neither it was about height and age. At the dress rehearsal Kaster had given all the kids "the specially made perception filters" which created an illusion of all of them being of normal average height of eight-year-olds, despite their real age.
Paul swallowed nervously - it was to begin. No more delays. And no way to run back, if it had been started... All the performers stared at her with hope, and she felt a small squeeze on her hand before coming to the stage.