"... It's a stage." Connor can't keep the confusion out of his voice as he says it, because... why would it be elevated? "I hope one of you can sing."

It's kind of an idle comment as he steps in from of Sam to let her take the rear. Because a stage is meant for one thing, and suddenly Connor is most afraid of what performing in this place means. He's never cared what the crowd is like when he performs, but that's because he's normally performing in queer spaces. Performing for a space an being found wanting, though... well.

Maybe that's how Dreamer Crimson disappeared.