Yae
Ah! Nanase-san.

Chikage
Wah! Niizumachi...!

Chikage
Are you heading straight to rehearsal today too?

Yae
Will you be coming to watch our free performance, Nanase-san?

Chikage
Of course! I'm looking forward to your appearance as well, Niizumachi.

Yae
Fufu. Thank you very much.

Yae
Oh right, Nanase-san, did you know? This year-

Chikage
This year's free performance includes a Sirius rehearsal observation for elementary school students, right! Of course, I've already applied for that too.

Chikage
Since we rarely get to see the Sirius members rehearse, I'm already getting excited.

Yae
With a theatre expert like Nanase-san attending, I'll have to be on my best behaviour.

Chikage
On the contrary, if Niizumachi is performing, I'll need to watch properly with my collar straightened.

Yae
No, no, not at all. Please feel free to watch and enjoy as you like.

Chikage
This is my way of enjoying it!

Chikage
Oh, I'm sorry. I got carried away talking. Do you have rehearsal after this, Niizumachi? Please give my regards to everyone at Sirius.

Yae
Yes! Thank you very much. I'm sure everyone will be pleased. Well then, see you again.

Yae
Good morning.

Yae
Oh, Panda-san. Are you practicing on your own?

Panda
Oh, Niizumachi. Good morning. Right, is it almost time for your rehearsal with the others?

Yae
Yes, but no one else has arrived yet, and I wanted to review the script again, so I came early.

Panda
Come on now, even if you say that, haven't you already memorised all the lines and direction?

Yae
Fufu, that's not true. Even if I've memorised the lines, they're not yet the words that my character speaks, so I still have a long way to go.

Yae
Today's rehearsal is also a valuable opportunity to work with everyone. I need to do my best as Wendy, everyone's big sister.

Panda
Geez~, with my double cast partner like this, I can't afford to lose either.

Yae
Yes! I'm looking forward to Panda-san's Wendy too.

Yae
Oh, right. Before coming here today, I met Nanase-san.

Panda
Nanase-san? Oh, you mean...the theatre expert, Nanase Chikage?

Yae
Yes! She said she'll be attending the upcoming free performance and open rehearsal, and asked me to give her regards to everyone at Sirius.

Panda
Hmm...I see. With rehearsal in front of elementary school students, we can't show anything embarrassing, so we'll have to work even harder.

Yae
Yes. I think many children, not just Nanase-san, will enjoy Panda-san's acting.

Panda
Ahaha...I'll do my best to make that happen.

Panda
(Nanase Chikage...that elementary school theatre expert who sent those letters... If I give a poor performance in front of her, who knows what she'll say.)

Panda
(If it were just ridiculous slander, I could just ignore it, but she makes such precise observations that I can't say anything in response...)

Kokona
Good morning!

Shizuka
Good morning.

Shizuka
Oh, Panda. What's wrong?

Panda
Good morning, both of you. I was doing some personal practice before everyone's rehearsal begins.

Shizuka
Hmm. So you're really enthusiastic about the Wendy role.

Panda
Ahaha, don't be so formal! Everyone gets fired up about a new stage, right?

Panda
Well, it's about time for rehearsal to start, so I'll be on my way.

Kokona
Eh, you're leaving?

Panda
Eh!? No, I just thought I might be in the way...

Shizuka
Since you're here, why not stay and watch? Your opinion would be helpful for us too.

Yae
That's right.

Yae
What do you think, Panda-san? Are you perhaps busy...?

Panda
No, that's not it, but...

Panda
...Alright, I'll observe today.

Yae
Yes! After we finish, I'd love to exchange opinions!

Kokona
"Wendy, come with me. Teach the boys all the stories you know."

Panda
...

Panda
(This is the scene we did at the Peter Pan role audition. But it's even more polished than back then)

Yae
"But I have my mother to think about, and I can't fly. I can't go with you."

Kokona
"I'll teach you how to fly, how to ride on the wind's back. When you can do that, we'll depart."

Yae
"That would be wonderful if I could..."

Panda
(They're really good. Niizumachi...and Koko-chan too.)

Noa
Having enthusiasm is good, but we can't decide on a lead with enthusiasm alone. You should understand the meaning of "business," right?

Panda
That's...

Noa
Think for yourself from here on. You can do that, can't you?

Kokona
"Wendy. While you've been sleeping in that bed, you could be flying around the sky with me, chatting happily with the stars."

Kokona
"Come on, let's go together."

Noa
That's it for now.

Panda
(Because I can't perform this play, Panda is...)

Panda
...

Kokona
Panda-chan? ...What's wrong?

Panda
Eh!? Ah~, nothing!

Panda
I was just thinking what a good performance it was! Ahaha...

Panda
As expected, different actors show things differently, and it's very...informative.

Panda
Thank you for letting me observe! I'll have to work hard not to fall behind everyone!