Noon
Being King means nothing to me . The only person I 'd trade places with would be the Earthman the Amphibs hold prisoner . '' He left her sleeping in the locked cabin . Noon found them loafing on the great square in front of the Palace of the Two Kings of the Sea and the Islands . All were disguised as Waterfolk . Before they 'd left the castle , they had grafted webs between their fingers and toes -- just as Amphib-changelings who were n't born with them , did -- and they wore the special Amphib Skins that Mapfarity had grown in his fleshforge . These were able to tune in on the Amphibs ' wavelengths , but they lacked their shock mechanism .