By Paul Buckmaster
-«COUNT DOWN! IT’S BEEN MANY MOONS SINCE WE’VE LAST SEEN EACH OTHER!»
-«ARE YOU WELL?»
-«OF COURSE, AM I NOT ALWAYS WELL?»
-«GREAT, JUST GREAT!»
-«THE PLANET WILL WATCH OVER ME. NOW TELL ME OF YOURSELF,
WAS YOUR JOURNEY PLEASANT?»
-«IT HAD ITS MOMENTS.»
-«AND YOUR MUSICAL STUDIES, DO THEY PROGRESS?»
-«I SUPPOSE SO, OVER THE YEARS I’VE BEEN INTO JUST ABOUT EVERY
CONSIDERABLE TYPE OF MUSIC THERE IS, YOU KNOW.»
-«MM, SPLENDID.»
-«BLINK? SMALL? WHAT DO YOU DO?»
-«I BUILT MY WHOLE LIFE TO SEE YOU CROWNED, KING. TOMORROW
NIGHT MY LIFE’S WORK WILL BE REWARDED,»
-«LOOK AT THE THRONE! A PEOPLE WITHOUT A KING FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND
I’M TO BE THE HEIR OF THE THRONE. DIDN’T I TELL YOU?»
-«I KNOW YOU’LL BE A GREAT RULER.»
-«NOW, COUNT DOWN, THERE’S NOT MUCH TIME LEFT IF YOU’RE TO FIND
ANY SUSTENANCE BEFORE THE PARTY, YOU REALLY MUST GO OUT NOW.»
-«MINE IS AMBER.»
-«COUNT DOWN.»
-«MY NAME IS AMBER.»
-«COUNT DOWN.»
-«AMBER.»
-«COUNT DOWN.»
-«AMBER.»
-«AMBER, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME?»
-«WON’T YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT? OR SOME WINE?»
-«NO, THANK YOU.»
-«LET’S SEE, WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT YOU? QUITE A LOT.
VAN HELSING’S TALKED ABOUT YOU A GREAT DEAL.»
-«OH, THAT YOU’RE AN AUTHORITY IN THE OCCULT, THAT YOU’RE HERE TO OPEN
A MUSEUM AND THAT YOU’RE GIVING A PERFORMANCE AT THE PREVIEW THIS
EVENING.»
-«IS THAT ALL?»
-«NO IT’S NOT ALL.»
-«WHAT ELSE?»
-«A FEW THINGS I’VE LEARNT MYSELF IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.»
-«REALLY?»
-«THAT YOU’RE CHARMING, ATTRACTIVE, THE PERFECT HEIR-«
-«IS THAT ALL?»