Message: 35380811, 29 lines
 Posted: 11:01am EDT, Mon May 16/94, imported: 11:02am EDT, Mon May 16/94
 Subject: Ahab's next diary
 To: Kris Fazzari, thari@umich.edu
 From: jlarke@css.itd.umich.edu
 
 	It's nice to get a break every once in awhile. No
 worlds to save, no Mom bleeding, no new deaths in the
 family. I even managed to get one up on Kimbdyl, for a
 change. She actually admitted that she <gasp> was going to
 enjoy being married to me. You heard it here first, folks,
 but you're too young to see the Film at 11.
 
 	I'm still not sure how to handle Ariadne and Lyss.
 The suggestion that I think of Abe as my brother isn't real
 useful, since there are no precedents in Amber for brothers
 who don't want to kill each other. And, though I spent quite
 awhile calling myself "Aaron", I don't want to follow
 ancient Hebrew practice and marry my brother's wife. I can't
 even handle one soon-to-be-wife, and I certainly don't need
 the challenge of integrating Spider with the family.
 
 	Other than that, things seem to have reached a
 temporary lull. As long as the Hendrakes stay away from
 Nicholas, I intend to try to keep them that way. I haven't
 often been stuck without a grudge to prosecute, but I kinda
 like the feeling, and there's no sense giving it up when I
 don't stand to gain much by it. Just hide out until the
 wedding's over. Or maybe do a bit of research. It still
 seems to me that if the Pattern can orient me in Shadow, it
 ought to be able to do more sophisticated geographical work.
 And there's always the issue of "does mindwalking make you
 fertile?" Something I should track down before Kimbdyl
 becomes fertile again. Otherwise, she might be tempted to
 correct my fertility herself, which would be suboptimal.