"Gack!" The performer exclaimed as a young women grabbed him. "Hey how's it going jack?" She asked. "Uh, well, err, it's Craig actua-" The nervous man began to speak before she asked for her friend, a man in a fedora. 

*Tell her the truth, her friend is doomed!*

But that will ruin the master's plans!

*His plans are in motion.*

We don't want to ruin it for the lifers, do we?

*Then make up something, quick! Lie!*

A lie?

*Like a dog!*

"Oh, uhh, your friend? Fedora? Came down here for a smoke. He seemed distressed, yes, he showed us his influence over water, yes. We asked the ringleader, he would be in the final act!" The performer explained. Yes, she should believe it. "Your friend wanted to practice alone for now. Please, come join him in the final act? You all came in together. Must have something special, yes? Big Finale? What do you say hmm?" The stranger offered.