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II
It seemed but moments later that a rock to my left shimmered and emitted a bell-like tone. Without conscious intent my attention gathered itself at my ring, which Suhuy had referred to as a spikard. I realized in that instant that I was preparing to use it to defend myself. Interesting, how familiar I felt with it now, how adapted I seemed to have become to it in so short a time. I was on my feet, facing the stone, left hand extended in its direction when Suhuy stepped through the shining place, a taller, darker figure at his rear. A moment later and that figure followed him, emerging into substantiality and shifting from an octopal ape form to that of my brother Mandor, humanized, wearing black as when last I had seen him, though the garments were fresh and of a slightly different cut, his white hair less tousled. He quickly scanned the area about us and gave me a smile.
"I see that all is well," he stated.
I chuckled as I nodded toward his arm in its sling.
"As well as might be expected," I replied. "What happened in Amber after I left?"
"No fresh disasters," he answered. "I stayed only long enough to see whether there was anything I could do to be of assistance. This amounted to a little magical clearing of the vicinity and the summoning of a few planks to lay over holes. Then I begged leave of Random to depart, he granted it, and I came home."
"A disaster? At Amber?" Suhuy asked.
I nodded.
"There was a confrontation between the Unicorn and the Serpent in the halls of Amber Palace, resulting in considerable damage."
"What could have occasioned the Serpent's venturing that far into the realm of Order?"
"It involved what Amber refers to as the Jewel of Judgment, which the Serpent considers its missing eye."
"I must hear the entire tale."
I proceeded to tell him of the complicated encounter, leaving out my own later experiences in the Corridor of Mirrors and Brand's apartments. While I spoke, Mandor's gaze drifted to the spikard, to Suhuy, and back. When he saw that I noted this he smiled.
"So Dworkin is himself once more ... ?" Suhuy said.
"I didn't know him before," I replied. "But he seemed to know what he was about."
"... And the Queen of Kashfa sees with the Eye of the Serpent."
"I don't know that she sees with it," I said. "She's still recovering from the operation. But that's an interesting thought. If she could see with it, what might she behold?"
"The clear, cold lines of eternity, I daresay. Beneath all Shadow. No mortal could bear it for too long." "She is of the blood of Amber," I said.
"Really? Oberon's?"
I nodded.
"Your late liege was a very active man," he observed. "Still, it would be quite a burden of seeing, though I speak only from guesswork-and a certain knowledge of principles. I've no idea what may come of this. Only Dworkin could say. Be he sane, there is a reason for it. I acknowledge his mastery, though I've never been able to anticipate him."
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