Eric and Gerard were more the heroic types and would probably have welcomed the adventure. "Not the ones in charge of memory, I hope." You will have to come the long way around." The Jack of Diamonds began talking to me. "Plenty of noble Amberites around with possible motives. "Not bad," I said, "but I can't spare any more brothers at the moment. I wanted to be an irresponsible nonentity and just enjoy myself. That can get either boring or difficult fairly quickly, depending on how responsible you want to be. This time, I was not looking for a place where I would be especially important. It was a long ride - I will not bore you with the details - and it was pretty far from Amber, as such things go. Drawing back the drapes, he stared out for a time. He got to his feet, stepped over the room's other occupant, and made his way to the window. He looked like hell, and he seemed to be chained or tied to something. Then the face rearranged itself and I saw that I was right. The Jack said, "Random." Then its face blurred and it said, "Help me." I began getting a feel of the personality by then, but it was weak.
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