The first person to show up was Emmeline Sparkes...which, after the other night, he was surprised she still wanted to try out for his play. But, you know, he....he was glad to see her. He gave her a smile as he called her in and watched her little scene with rapt attention.

She was BRILLIANT! Paul made little notes in his notepad, like Very vivacious - good at expressions and hand motions; LOUD - can vocalize well without needing voice magnification - good ; and more. Overall, he was pretty impressed. He jotted down his initial character thoughts for her and smiled as he waved her off.

Nice.

Next was Derf. Interesting that he was there right after Emmeline. He expected to see...interesting things from the boy, whether great or horrible. Derf really delivered, though, and he was quite impressed, too. Hmm...interesting scene. Which, he had to admit, at first he was confused. Had Derf not known this was an audition? - but then he realized this was all an act, and Derf being in character before he even started the audition was impressive. And cool. Paul had to chuckled a few times, and raised his eyebrow when he got to the part about a girl because....because. HMMMMM.

"Very good, thank you, Derfael! You should be proud!" But that was all he said before waving the boy out, and going to call the next name.