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She eyed him That smile on the corner of her lips? That was the s who didn’t care that you were on to her con Now that you understood, you could both enjoy the gaether you could dupe soly ta’veren you are, young ed "Rand’s the one you want for that sort of thing Honestly, I’ compared to hi the Dragon’s i "But you can’t hide your light in his shadow, Matrim Cauthon Not in the presence of any but the blind, at least In any other time, you’d undoubtedly be the most powerfully ta’veren individual alive Probably the most powerful to have lived in centuries"

Mat shifted on the bench Bloody ashes, he hated the way thatMaybe he should just stand up "What are you talking about, Verin?" he said instead He folded his arms and tried to at least pretend that he was co about how you yanked me halfway across the continent" Her s cup of ratefully, and the soldier retreated

"Yanked you?" Mat said "You were looking forme somewhere" Verin blew on her tea "That meant you or Perrin It couldn’t have been Rand’s fault, since I’d been able to leave that one easily"

"Rand?" Mat asked, dis yet another flash of colors "You ith him?"

Verin nodded

"Howdid he seem?" Mat said "Is heyou know "

"Mad?" Verin asked

Mat nodded

"I’htly "I think he’s still in control of hi beneath his shirt to touch the co foxheadal’Thor’s problems are completely due to the Power, Matrim Many would like to blanore the incredible stresses that we’ve settled on that poor boy’s shoulders"

Mat raised an eyebrow, glancing at Thorn

"Either way," Verin sipped her tea, "one cannot blaer affect him"

"It won’t?" Mat asked "He’s decided to stop channeling?"

She laughed "A fish would sooner stop swier affect him because the taint is no more Al’Thor cleansed saidin"

"What?" Mat asked sharply, sitting up

Verin sipped her tea

"Are you serious?" Mat asked

"Quite," she replied

Mat glanced at Thorn again Then he plucked at his coat and ran a hand through his hair

"What are you doing?" Verin asked with a sheepish "I guess I just think I should feel different, or soed on us, didn’t it?"

"You could say that," Verin said, "though I would argue that the cleansing itself is more like a pebble thrown into a pond The ripples will take some time to reach the shore"

"A pebble?" Mat asked "Apebble?"

"Well, perhaps more of a boulder"

"A bloody mountain if you ask me," Mat muttered He settled back on the awful bench

Verin chuckled Fla Aes Sedai Did they have to be like that? It was probably another oath they took and told nobody about, so mysterious He stared at her "What was that chuckle for?" he finally de," she said "I merely suspect that you will soon feel a little of what / did these last few days"

"Which was?"

"Well," she said "I believe I was talking about that before we got sidetracked on irrelevant topics"

"On the fla of the True Source" Mat muttered "Honestly"

"I experienced theMat, of course "You may not be aware of this, but in order to Travel fro in a place for an evening is enough Consequently, after parting froe and took a roo to open a Gateway in the ht, however, the innkeeper arrived He explained with chagrin that I needed to be moved to another room It appeared that a leak had been discovered in the roof aboveI protested, but he was insistent

"And so Ithat rooateway, I was interrupted again This time, the innkeeper-- in that rooht and was very upset The innkeeper-- looking quite tired--apologetically wanted to ain"

"And?" Mat asked "Coincidence, Verin"

She raised an eyebrow at hiain Burn it all, he wasn’t squir!

"I refused to be moved, Matrim," she said "I told the innkeeper he was quite welcome to search the roos I discovered with me Then I firmly shut the door on hiht fire--a coal fro the entire place to the ground Everyone escaped, fortunately, but the inn was a loss Tired and bleary-eyed, Toe and find rooms there instead"

"So?" Mat said "Still sounds like a coincidence"

"This continued for three days," Verin said "I was interrupted even when I tried to learn a place outside a building Rando down in ca by, an isolated storm Various rando the area"