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"I forget how young she is" Whispers drifted into the room That voice was familiar Silviana? "Care for her I wene knew that voice, too Rosil, of the Yellow She had gone to Mayene, with the novices and Accepted, helping Heal

"The battle? It goes poorly" Silviana was not one to put honey on her words "Watch her, Rosil She is strong; I do not doubt she will pull through this, but there is always a worry"

"I’ve helped women with lost Warders before, Silviana", Rosil said "I assure you, I’m quite capable She’ll be useless for the next few days, but then she will begin to mend"

Silviana sniffed "That boyI should have known he would ruin her The day I first sa she looked at him, I should have taken him by his ears, hauled him to a distant farm, and set him to work for the next decade"

"You cannot so easily control a heart, Silviana"

"Warders are a weakness", Silviana said "That is all they have ever been, and all they ever will be That boythat fool boy"

"That fool boy", Egwene said, "saved my life from Seanchan assassins I would not be here to est that you remember that, Silviana, when you speak of the dead"

The others were silent Egwene tried to overcome the pain of loss She was in Mayene, of course Silviana would have taken her to the Yellows

"I will reed to sound contrite "Rest well I will--"

"Rest is for the dead, Silviana", Egwene said, sitting up

Silviana and Rosil stood in the doorway of the beautiful roo of worked ave her stern looks

"You’ve been through so extremely hurtful, Mother", Rosil said Near the doorway, Leilwin stood guard "The loss of a Warder is enough to stop any worief"

"Egwene al’Vere can grieve", Egwene said, standing up "Egwene al’Vere lost a h a bond The Awene al’Vere, as she would have sy with such loss And then, in the face of the Last Battle, the Amyrlin would expect that woht"

She walked across the room, each step fir toward Vora’s sa’angreal, which she held "I will be needing that"

Silviana hesitated