The two spectators had come on stage about simultaneously, coming from opposite directions, but Darknessmonger, being closer to where Felina was bound, reached her first. However, the hostess welcomed them both warmly.

"Welcome, welcome! As you have seen, Miss Pan Teer is very smart and skilled. I believe it is only fair if the two of you can add one device each. Please, proceed. And I signal to all of the spectators that out device collection, back stage, is the most exhaustive ever. I'm sure that we can provide you anything you may have fantasised about. And if we do not, our skilled technicians will soon make one up along your indications."