This is all really fascinating to me. (Magicians and story tellers) the illusion and the acting.
I think its the power of story telling. With it you can infuse an old idea within the fabric of future societies, and they'll play out like a script, like actors on a stage; And for actors to play their part, according to the script and timeline, all they need is a (Q)ue to know when their time to play their part has come.