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He breathed in and out, then picked up the leather This would be the shoddiest piece he’d done in years, but he would finish it Leaving so up the details

"Curious", said the Aes Sedai--her name was Pevara, of the Red Ajah He could feel her eyes on his back

A Red Well, common destinationswent Perhaps he should use the Saldaean proverb instead If his sword is at your ene when it was at yours

"So", Pevara said, "you were tellingto the Black Tower?"

"I don’t believe that I was", Androl said, beginning to sew "Why? What did you want to know?"

"I’m simply curious Were you one of those who came here on his own, to be tested, or were you one of those they found while out hunting?"

He pulled a thread tight "I came on my own, as I believe Evin told you yesterday, when you asked hithe leather "Is that so they teach you?"

"What?" Pevara asked innocently

"To twist a conversation about There you sit, all but accusingmy friends about me"

"I want to knohat my resources are"

"You want to knohy a man would choose to come to the Black Tower To learn to channel the One Power"

She didn’t answer He could see her deciding upon a response that would not run afoul of the Three Oaths Speaking with an Aes Sedai was like trying to follow a green snake as it slipped through darass

"Yes", she said

He blinked in surprise

"Yes, I want to know", she continued "We are allies, whether either of us desires it or not I want to knohat kind of person I’ve slipped into bed with" She eyed hi, of course"

He took a deep breath, forcing hi with Aes Sedai, with the about That, et this saddle right

He would be cal a circle", Pevara said "It will be an advantage to us--albeit a sainst Taim’s men, should they come for us"

Androl put his dislike of the wos to worry about--and forced himself to think objectively "A circle?"