Quote Originally Posted by CosmicHobbit View Post
Oliver wastes no time in prying the panel open once the puppets are all cut down. Taking the puppets with him, he enters the space and tries to close the panel behind him. Maybe he can get the puppets looked at to see if they're magical once he's out of here.
That's just rude, stealing the puppets like that.
Much more work for the puppeteer than just restringing them.

But Oliver gets himself safely into the crawlspace with the puppets and shuts the panel behind him, just as he hears footsteps coming down the stairs.