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ELLISANDRA STOOD between the curtains of the backstage area.
In the next section stood the three men who played the beggars, dressed up in rags, with their faces dirty. They were the first actors to go onto the stage. Behind them stood the members of the theatre “crowd”. All of them were silent, staring into nothingness while going over their lines one last time.
Liran and his group of fake Coldi negotiators waited a bit further. They wore their leather costumes, and every bit of their ample exposed skin—they were barbarians after all—had been rubbed in brown oil. Behind them waited the members of the orchestra with their instruments.
Ellisandra met Vayra’s eyes. She heard that he had called a special meeting of the orchestra that morning where apparently details had been discussed
