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"But--"

"You said you’d obey, Gaul", Perrin said "This is i you as well You don’t fight Slayer"

"Very well", Gaul said "I give my oath on it I will not dance the spears with thisGaul standing with his spears put away, letting Slayer kill hiht, but Aiel could be prickly "You can fight him if he attacks you", Perrin said, "but only as ahim, stay out of the way Understand?" Gaul nodded Perrin put a hand on the Aiel’s shoulder, then shifted them in the direction of the Black Tower Perrin had never been there before, so he had to guess and try to find it The first shift was off, taking therass-covered hills see winds Perrin would have preferred to just leap from hilltop to hilltop, but he didn’t think Gaul was ready for that He used shifting instead

After four or five tries, Perrin took them to a place where he spotted a translucent, faintly purple do in the distance

"What is it?" Gaul asked

"Our goal", Perrin said "That is the thing keeping Grady and Neald froateways to the Black Tower"

"Just as ere afflicted in Ghealdan"

"Yes" Seeing that do Perrin suppressed thehts, here He allowed hier deep within, like the warmth of his hammer, but that was all

"Let’s go", Perrin said, shifting thelass "Pull me free if I collapse", he said to Gaul, then stepped into the barrier

It felt as if he’d hit soth

He stuoal Slayer Killer of wolves Hopper’s th returned This was easier than it had been last tier He didn’t have to worry about pulling hi his body to die in the real world

He h water, and stepped out onto the other side Behind, Gaul reached out with a curious expression on his face, then tapped the doer

Gaul i limp like a doll His spears and arrows tumbled away fro Perrin reached through--his arh

Once on the other side, Gaul gasped, then rolled over, groaning He sat up, holding his head Perrin quietly fetched the ood experience for building our ji", Gaul said He stood up and rubbed his ar to this place as we do evil? It see men here to teach them"

Perrin eyed Gaul He hadn’t realized that theto Edarra of the wolf dream "What did I do to deserve your loyalty, Gaul?" Perrin said,you did"