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Foolish as a girl in knee-length skirts, she thought at herself--careful to shield her thoughts froh to know the difference between boys and girls And in the middle of a war, too

She found it hard to steel her emotions--as an Aes Sedai should--while linked with Androl Their selves ht against it, determined to , and she had been taught it tiroup of Trollocs that had begun loosing arrows at hilanced about, and found theroup of Trollocs

Gateways opened in the ground, dropping Trollocs through, ateway split the head off a Myrddraal at the neck, leaving it to thrash about, pu inky blood on the soil Androl’s teahts, where the dragons had once been positioned There were Shadon and Sharans on all sides

Androl, channeling! She could feel it, rising above the powerful

Taier felt as if it would burn her away In it was the loss of friends, and fury at betrayal by one who should have protected them

Careful, she sent We don’t know it’s hi them was in a circle with men and women, otherwise Pevara would not have been able to feel him Of course, she could only see the weaves of saidar A thick column of air struck at theh to redden the rocky ground beneath

Androl put a gateway up in ti it back the way it had come Twin strearass to burst alight

Pevara didn’t see what happened next Androl’s gateway vanished, as if ripped froht next to the into her

In that o of herself

She did it by accident because of the shock of impact In most cases, the link would have slipped away, but Androl had a powerful grip The da back Pevara’s self froh aback on herself

She forcibly pulled herself out again, but with an awareness she couldn’t describe We need to get out of here, she thought, still linked with Androl The others all seeht ateway by instinct, though it wouldn’t do anything Androl was leading their circle, so only he--The gateway snapped open Pevara gaped She’d done that, not hi the most complex, most difficult and most power-intensive weaves she knew, but she’d done it as easily as waving her hand While in a circle soh first The lithe Doateway E uselessly at his side

Androl regarded the gateway, stunned "I thought you aren’t supposed to be able to channel if so a circle you are in"

"You aren’t", she said "I did it by accident"

"Accident? But--"

"Through the gateway, you knothead", Pevara said, shoving him toward it She followed, then collapsed on the other side