Before visiting the guests, Annan returned to the Manor to bring Alice and Martin along.
The Premiere of "Annan Potter and the Magic Stone" needed its stars, of course.
"Burr, this is Alice and Martin," Annan said. "Alice, Martin, this is Burr."
"I know them. They're Actors like you, right?"
The young Girl Ghost who had wandered the Opera House for decades knew better than to confuse reality with a Magic Film.
"Hello," Alice replied calmly, then looked at Annan.
"Burr is the Moonlight Opera House's first employee!" Annan had a feeling there was something behind her look.
Annan was also a little surprised. He had expected Burr to scare Martin half to death. Apparently, his time at Star-Moon Bay had helped him grow—
"Let's go deliver the Invitation Letters."
The moment he sat down in the Carriage, Martin pointed at Burr and shrieked, "Cousin! There's something unclean in here!"
The young Girl Ghost narrowed her eyes. "Boss, is he an enemy?"
"No... but you can play pranks on him if you feel like it."
Burr floated to the carriage window and gazed quietly at the distant Imperial Capital. "Is that Montreal Mountain?"
"You've never been outside?"
"My father took me out once when I was very little... but I've forgotten most of it. Later, I became my lady's maid."
"If you want to go out, tell me. Don't sneak off on your own."
Annan worried that a passing Priest might purify the Theater's first employee. "Remember to tell Sailita Dena too."
"Sailita Dena?" Ai turned toward him.
"It's a story full of regrets..."
The Carriage rolled toward the Imperial Capital as his story drifted from within.
The first guest to invite was, of course, Mr. Reis.
Mr. Reis promised to bring his whole family and to tell Isabel as