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?"