[Solved] Changing image while text is processing

[m_from_space]

I don't know if this is just not possible in Ren'py or I didn't even get some basics yet, but I want something like this:

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scene eileen happy
e "Hey there!"
e "Sometimes I can change my face{nw}"
show eileen sad with dissolve
extend " and people think I am sad, while I am actually{nw}"
show eileen happy with dissolve
extend " just acting."

So Ren'py hides the text while doing the transition, but this looks ugly to me. Is there a better way to achieve this? I basically want the text to unfold while things are visually happening in the background. I know ATL transforms are not affected, but show statements seem to be.

[hell_oh_world]

tried using dict transitions? (documented on `renpy Transitions`)
something like... show something with dict(master=dissolve)

[m_from_space]

That's exactly what I need, thank you so much!

I even had the Transitions entry bookmarked, but didn't expect a "Dict" transition to be the solution here. Sounded like we can just make a dict full of transitions.