"No." Her voice is measured, quiet. "But . . . they'll take the dancers, at least. That's more than a lot of the others can ask for. At least . . . I can be there with him."

"I just don't know what this is. Why would they move them now, when they've been here for months and months? And why . . . would they do it together? They never want to work together, these labels. They've kept separate all along. Why change the pattern?"