Opening Night on the Carpet

Quiet! Silence across the auditorium! A sudden shiver rolled right through my mechanical joints, and suddenly—I could tilt my head! I gasped, turning my raised right arm straight toward my little blue companion. "Bon-Bon! Do you see this stage? The lights, the acoustic perfection of this woven floor!" Bon-Bon stayed poised on my arm as always, but my chest speaker gave a rich, resonant hum that echoed softly off the chairs. I took half a step, firmly planting my white foot into the textured weave, and gestured proudly toward the two silent bear figures standing beside us.