Please help me with the dialogue and actions

I want to have the characters in the back walking so it looks like she’s in a crowded place and at the same time i want her dialogue to go on as they walk behind her but it wont happen…
EXT. KANSAS CITY STREET - DAY

@cut to zone 3

@YOU stands screen center AND YOU faces left AND YOU is text_phone_neutral_loop

@YOU moves to layer 2

&TRINITY spot 0.776 -57 225

&TRINITY walks to spot 0.776 381 219

&ISLA spot 0.776 393 219

&ISLA walks to spot 0.776 -49 207

&KARMA spot 0.776 -57 225

&KARMA walks to spot 0.776 381 219

&MAX spot 0.776 393 219

&MAX walks to spot 0.776 -49 207

&SALLY spot 0.776 -57 225

&SALLY walks to spot 0.776 381 219

    NARRATOR (YOU)

HERE I HAVE 6 SENTENCES DIFFERENT DIALOGUES

You will have to layer all of your background characters.
@CHAR moves to layer #

Use pauses or time the walks to each character is not walking at the same speed or so they are offset.

&pause for S THEN CHAR walks to spot Z X Y in T

Where:
S - Seconds - how long the pause will last
Z - Scale - size of the character
X - X value - horizontal position of CHAR
Y - Y value - vertical position of CHAR
T - Seconds - how long CHAR will take to walk to the spot

As you are only using &, the characters should walk whilst the dialogue appears.

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Huh, I don’t get it

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&pause for 2 THEN CHARACTER walks to spot (you can find this underneath your preview copy from there) in 4

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YOU is on layer 2. All the characters behind YOU have to be on layer 1, 0, -1, etc.

To change the pace at which each character walks - eg fast or slow, use time.

&CHAR walks to spot S X Y in T

EG:
&SALLY walks to spot 0.776 381 219 in 5

This means SALLY will walk there in 5 seconds.

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