who: @verdanium where: the theatre royal. when: march.
“your timing was better this evening.” better is the wrong word, jane knows; better implies that the past performances were not exquisite, that they lacked something. ( better implies that jane did not have sketches in their bag, capturing the beats of the illusionist’s performance spanning hours, days, weeks. as if jane did not study these performances, as if they had not hoped to find the secrets present there. ) no, it is not bonnie that was better tonight --- jane is now just beginning to unravel the show. it is jane that has improved.
they had waited for bonnie after the show, lingering, always lingering. and as soon as they speak, they offer a gift: a pressed flower, its color still and its scent still clinging. a thank you for the performance.
“if i guess how you’ve done it, will you tell me?”