Page 18 (1/2)

Nynaeve waved an indifferent hand, repeating the weave exactly "Honestly," she said, "that one seems the most useless of the bunch! What is the point of all of these?"

Daigian pursed her lips She said nothing, but Nynaeve knew that Daigian thought that this all should be far more difficult for Nynaeve than it was Eventually, the wo The only thing I can say is that you will need to repeat these weaves exactly, and do so while undergoing extreme distraction When the time comes, you will understand"

"I doubt it," Nynaeve said flatly, copying the weave three times over while she spoke "Because--as I believe I’ve told you a dozen ti the test I’round her teeth This had been a bad idea When she’d approached Corele--supposedly a member of Nynaeve’s own Ajah--the woe her as an equal She’d been pleasant about it, as Corele often was, but the implication had been clear She’d even seemed sympathetic Syested that if Nynaeve knew the hundred weaves each Accepted learned for the test to becoht help with her credibility

The problem was, this placed Nynaeve in a situation where she was all but treated as a student again She did see the use in knowing the hundred weaves--she’d spent far too short a ti the the lessons, she hadn’t meant to imply that she saw herself as a student!

She reached for her braid, but stopped herself Her visible expressions of emotion were another factor in how she was treated by the other Aes Sedai If only she had that ageless face! Bah!

Daigian’s next weave ain the weave itself was needlessly co it to ian stared at the weave for a moment, a distant look on her face

"What?" Nynaeve asked testily

"H I justthe last time I made that weave, I used it to startleInever , maybe fifteen or sixteen, and she had been very fond of hiether like a boy and an elder sister rather than Aes Sedai and Warder

A youth of only sixteen, Nynaeve thought, dead Did Rand have to recruit the her eht send that I’ht At least not for many, many years Lan wasn’t her Warder yet, but she meant to have him as soon as possible He was already her husband, after all It still angered her that Myrelle had the bond

"Iforward, laying her hand on the other wo, perhaps"

"No," the woman said curtly

"But--"

"I doubt you could help"

"Anything can be Healed," Nynaeve said stubbornly, "even if we don’t kno yet Anything save death"

"And ould you do, dear?" Daigian asked Nynaeve wondered if she refused to call her by name on purpose, or if it was an unconscious effect of their relationship She couldn’t use "child," as she would with an actual Accepted, but to call her "Nynaeve" ," Nynaeve said "This pain you feel, it has to be an effect of the bond, and therefore so to do with the One Power If the Power causes your pain, then the Power can take that pain away"

"And ould I want that?" Daigian asked, in control once again

"Wellwell, because it’s pain It hurts"

"It should," Daigian said "Eben is dead Would you want to forget your pain if you lost that hulking giant of yours? Have your feelings for hiood roast?"

Nynaeve opened her mouth, but stopped Would she? It wasn’t that sienuine, and not due to a bond He was her husband, and she loved hiian had been possessive of her Warder, but it had been the affection of an aunt for her favored nephew It wasn’t the same

But would Nynaeve want that pain taken away? She closed her ian s words "I see I’ic of it seems simple to me at tiht argue that the logic of the issue depends on the moment and the individual Shall I show you the next weave?"

"Yes, please," Nynaeve said, frowning She herself was so strong in the Power--one of the strongest alive--that she often took little thought for her ability It was much as a very tall hts; everyone else was shorter than he, and so their different heights didn’t matter er as an Accepted than anyone else inso--ian had to show deference to all other Aes Sedai If two sisters ian was always the lesser If ian served them tea Before the rovel Well, not that, she was Aes Sedai, but still

"There is soian," Nynaeve said absently