IX | Shadow TheatreFirst there were the balls—or rather the performers curled into balls—which rolled in from both the left and right and coalesced in the center of the spotlight, then rose up two by two until they had formed a fountain of the kind one would expect to find in a courtyard—which was accentuated by performers from offstage reaching in with splayed fingers to form the boughs of trees, while yet another, utilizing a prop, formed a shining sun-globe.
The drink continued to take effect, making her feel buoyant, weightless, giddy ... mischievous. Her thoughts unspooled in a manner completely alien to her. She felt as though she were floating.
(I could simply rise, could I not?)
A hooded figure entered the spotlight from the right, followed by another on the left, and they met i
