[She nods. Of course it wouldn’t be obvious.]

...though, now that I’ve taken a minute to think about this, you had a good point about calling it a Rapunzel thing.

[And that’s when she actually grins.]

I’m Claudine, and I am a Stage Girl. Back home we needed to fight against something that was changing the stories we love to put on the stage. So if I can figure out what this particular story wants from us...

[A pause.]

I mean, either that or I go get my sword and destroy the wheel I pricked myself on.