Monday I think the highlight of dinner was dessert, as is often the case. Chocolate cake. Eris didna have Mr. Grumbly with her - I guess he wasn't hungry... or maybe Driscle doesn't like bathing stuffed spiders. Can't blame him. Everyone ran away after dinner. Hadn't anything better to do, so I looked for Ariadne. I had been thinking about our initial meeting, and I was wondering about the questions she asked. I caught up with her - and Ahab - on the second floor, Ahab looked a little upset. "What's up?" I asked, an' immediately Ahab asks if I've seen my father lately. Got me a bit worried, thinking something could be wrong with me da. Anyway, he says that Deirdre's condition has worsened, and he needed me da. I said that I hadn't seen him since supper, so we continued down the hall to me parent's room. Ahab starts to tell da that Deirdre's in a coma, and da suggests we take her to the infirmary. Ahab explains how he came across his mom, and he need Ariadne's assistance for the door - and I say "Ahab, your mom's bedridden... how could she have locked the door?" Chalk one up for the conspiracy theory. Ahab decided that the infirmary wasn't safe enough, and she needed to be taken someplace else. Da suggested shadow Earth. Ahab said that shadow was to well known. Ahab suggested the place da got his training. Da said "Give me an hour or so.." "It's more modern than Amber." He said. That it is. More modern than shadow Albion too, but I really haven't gotten out much. I image that there's a lot of more advanced shadows in the universe than the ones that I've frequented. We got Deirdre settled in. Ahab face fell when he saw the shadow. I think that he was expecting something more similar to shadow Earth. If he wanted shadow Earth, he shoulda taken her to shadow Earth. Da couldn't do anything for Deirdre. Ahab called Bleys - to get a trump of Heather. She is a bit more mentally endowed than any present. We've tried the physical, we should try the mental. Got Heather's trump, and she agreed to come through. She spent two hours inside Deirdre's skull... to no avail. Deirdre's been looked inside a box in her own mind. They decided to consult Brand - who came through, and after fifteen minutes inside Deirdre, decided that there was nothing he could do. He looked scared. They all think that Dworkin is behind it. This could be bad. Looks like Ahab and da are gonna stay awhile. I should go an tell mother. Ah - Ahab's coming back for a bit, and da just told me to tell mother. Got home - told mother. She understood - she always does. Not much you can do when your husband's been declared the resident physician of Amber. You get respect, and all, but you get little time to yourself. I excused myself and I'm going to go to bed. It's been an extremely long, eventful day.