Eric and Gerard were more the heroic types and would probably have welcomed the adventure. He had been having one of his melancholy spells, had snapped out of it one day and ridden off. Later, though, when I had asked after him, no one had any idea as to his whereabouts. ![]() Brand had still been in Amber when I had departed. ![]() I lay stretched out on my bed, smoking and thinking. I closed up shop with that hand and went home. Depends on what you want most at the moment. I mean, ask me another time and I might say one of the others. Well, maybe soaring has a little edge - in gliders, balloons, and certain variations - but mood has a lot to do with that too, you know. With me, Corwin, it's drumming, being up in the air, and gambling - in no special order. While sex heads a great number of lists, we all have other things we like to do in between. 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. "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. The Jack of Diamonds began talking to me. Finding out where he was seemed of first importance. ![]() I did not ask him how he was managing it without my Trump.
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