DAY 1 – 11.05 a.m.

The Colosseum Soundstage, Fox Studios, SYDNEY

Charley Parker wandered through the columns of the Colosseum, her accomplice by her side. ‘What are you smiling at?’ she asked, knowing full well what the answer would be. ‘Oh, just the thought of me in a toga,’ replied the boy in the wheelchair with a cheeky grin. Charley grinned back and paused to take in her surroundings. She gazed at the person beside her, his face so familiar, and yet not quite the face she was used to. Behind him, half obscured by a column, was a redhaired girl in her twenties who had a nose piercing and Better Reading 2 was carrying a rucksack. She seemed to be waiting for something to happen. ‘Ahem,’ fake-coughed the boy, shaking Charley from her daydream. ‘Oh!’ Charley nodded. ‘Yes. Now I’m picturing both of us in togas . . .’ She seemed to be struggling to find the next words…

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