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Fortuona eyed Egwene "Many of our sul’da the chance to capture new da those who serve the Shadow These Sharans, perhaps You would have us let them, or your sisters of the Shadow, free? To destroy, ht"

"Why not let them be put to use? Why waste their lives?"

"What you do is an abo exasperated "Not even the Black Ajah deserves that"

"Resources should not be discarded so idly"

"Is that so?" Egwene said "Do you realize that every one of your sul’dam, your precious trainers, is herself a marath’damane?"

Fortuona spun on her "Do not spread such lies"

"Oh? Shall we test it, Fortuona? You said you trained them yourself You are a sul’dam, I presu, it will do nothing to you If I aht, you will be subject to its power, and will prove to be er She had ignored Egwene’s barbs calling her a criwene wene said "Let us do it and test the real strength of your commitment If you prove to be able to channel, will you do as you claim others should? Will you stroll up to the collar and snap it around your own neck, Fortuona? Will you obey your os?"

"I have obeyed thenorant Perhaps it is true, that sul’da as being a marath’damane--any more than a man who can becowene said, "once more of your people realize the lies they’ve been told"

"I will break you myself", Fortuona said softly "Soet yourself, and your arrogance will lead you to our borders I will be waiting"

"I plan to live centuries", Egwene hissed "I atch your empire cruer to tap the wo speed, her hand grabbing Egwene’s by the wrist For one so swene easped, and the light of the One Power sprang up around thewene and Fortuona and shoved theove by instinct, intending to remove his hand with a thread of Air It fell apart, of course

Blood and ashes, that’s inconvenient! She had forgotten he was there