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"We can’t afford to wait, Vanin", Faile said "I intend to get back to Merrilor, one way or another The Dragon Reborn will be fighting at Thakan’dar That’s where we need to go to get out of this forsaken place"

Vanin groaned, but Olver serous he could be in battle Then

Well, then maybe Mat wouldn’t leave hi to need Mat’s help tracking down those Shaido After all he’d learned training with the Band, he was certain nobody would push him around And nobody would take those he loved froain

"There are accounts in the archives that explain " Cadsuane picked up her cup of tea to warirl, Aviendha, sat on the floor of the tent What I wouldn’t give to have that one in the Tower, Cadsuane thought These Wise Onesthey had fight to them Real bite, like the best of the woly convinced that the Shadow for years had been carrying out a complex plan to undermine the White Tower It went deeper than Siuan Sanche’s unfortunate unseating and Elaida’s reign It ht be decades, centuries, before they understood the extent of the Shadow’s planning However, the sheer number of Black sisters--hundreds, not the few dozen Cadsuane had guessed--shouted of what had happened

For now, Cadsuane had to hat she had That included these Wise Ones, poorly trained in using weaves but never lacking in grit Useful Like Sorilea, despite her weakness in the One Poho sat farther back in the tent, watching

"I have made some inquiries, child", Cadsuane said to Aviendha "What this wo it date back to the War of Power"

Aviendha frowned "I saeaves, Cadsuane Sedai"

Cadsuane masked a sirl in command--and, in truth, better her than some others However, he should have chosen Cadsuane, and Aviendha likely knew it

"That is because the wo the One Power", Cadsuane replied

"What else would it be?"

"Do you knohy the Dark One was originally freed?"

Aviendha looked as if re the Dark One’s power?"

"It is called the True Power", Cadsuane said "The accounts say that Traveling by True Poorks in the way you have seen this woman move Fe it happen The Dark One wasthe War of Power, and only the ranted access I surmise from this fact that this is most definitely one of the Forsaken From your description of what she did to poor Sarene, I would suspect it is Graendal"

"The stories never ly", Sorilea said softly