Dworkin is out of his mind! He kept babbling about needing the Jewel and Alastair. Naturally he couldn't tell me where they were. No, that would have actually been useful. At least I know they're together. I got out of there when Dworkin started talking about eating my brain. He really has gone off of the deep end. Well, what do you know, Dworkin was right. I found Alastair on Shadow Earth. The odd thing is, there isn't a scratch on him. He's acting pretty strange too. He actually let me do the shifting without finding that fact odd. He seemed more surprised by the shifting itself than anything else. What's wrong with him? Damn Duncan, anyway. Curse him to Hell. Now Brand has the Jewel and it's all Duncan's fault! Shite! I only I'd known that Alastair had amnesia, I would have made a play for the Jewel much earlier. Of course, then Brand might have gone after me instead. The important thing right now is to find him, so I can retrieve the Jewel. At least they stopped Brand before he completed his attunement. I take some comfort in that. If only they'd been able to get me up to Tir-na Nog'th in time. Now we've got to find him before he recovers, or Amber is lost. I think I enjoyed life much better when I was just a simple attache. I may as well give up that pretense now. Corwin blew that secret in front of Gerard and Caine. I had to shift Shadow in front of Colin, Alastair and Duncan. Although Duncan may still figure it was Alastair. Plus Rasa knows, because how else could I have returned from Shadow that one time without Trump? And I'm sure Colin has filled Fiona in. *sigh* Some days it's just not worth getting out of bed.