I guess a play would be one way to get a message out, when the ruling party wants that message contained.

[ He wonders what it could be, but doesn't really want to get deep into the inner workings of Aefenglom without reason to. He deals with enough of that back home. He might have recently betrayed his country, in fact. ]

Did you do performances back home? [ He's trying to imagine ... animal performances now. ]