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She recoiled when she sahat she thought was her own reflection in the floor, peering back up at her, was actually a man entombed in ice A rotund little man with specs askew, an expression of shock frozen on his face When a pair of shiny black shoes calanced up at A over her

"Do not be concerned," he said, indicating the man in the ice with a nod of his head "That’s just Yap"

THE THREE-FACED REPTILE

"Yap?" she asked

From nearby, Silk hissed to silence her, but A out of turn

"Yes He was" A to remember "A servant Friend My conscience My eneed as he spoke, uncertain, then wistful, then angry "I keep him here because he reminds an scrambled to her feet and sidled away from the poor man trapped in ice beneath the floor

"So, Doctor," Aht me one of your relics of the past"

"Yes, Your Eminence, a Green Rider"

"I knohat she is" Amberhill’s voice slithered out as he stared at her with darkened eyes "I defeated your king, Green Rider What do you think of that? And I defeated more This continent is an ell aware of what he had done, but she knew better than to answer

"Hoe know she is of another time?" asked one of the Adherents "Besides the distasteful display of her face and the wearing of trousers"

"It is actually quite fas--" Dr Silk began, but Amberhill cut him off

"I knew her before Back in the early days before I caer of Zachary’s court lost in Blackveil, or so it was thought" The intensity of his expression turned to one of befuddle lady How did you co what she had admitted to hi harshly about the interference of old gods Karigan did not re so erratic In fact, she rele-ed He wasa different man