You are not in the audience
You watch from where the others wait, and something always stands between you and her. Unlit, completely out of focus, no more than dark silhouettes — the brief says it six times. Move, and the hall lets you look.
Two pillarsBetween two pillars, briefly.R35
The glassThe glass keeps its side of the bargain.R27
She knowsShe knows you are there. She does not turn.R24
Where the others waitSomeone is always closer to the light than you are, and it is never you.R20
The sweepNot a pillar this time but a shadow, and it moves the way a shadow does — at an angle, with a soft edge, over her and past her.R09
The turnThe same shadow from the other side. Whatever is casting it is walking, and it is not you.R19
She is lit.
They are not.
That is the whole contract.