"We don't hear anything."

"Are all the connections working?"

"We think. We're checking them again, but as far as we can tell, it's all working as it's supposed to."

"He's not blowing out our electronics again?"

"Not as far as we can tell."

"Who do we have on stage this time?"

"It's Shell."

"Crap."

"What."

"You know it's always something with her."

"She seems fine with it."

"What do you mean?"

"She's going through with the performance as expected."

"And?"

"Well, we're not getting anything from her either."

"What?"

"She still seems fine."

"What's the problem?"

"We're trying to check. We might get more answers during debrief."

"What about the notes?"

"We can still get the sheet music, if that's what you're asking."

"Good, good, at least we'll have that."