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"Noill reach out to her " Nynaeve paused, looking at Talaan Elayne had not had a chance to tell her anything, really It’sthe slender apprentice Caire growled, and Talaan tried to watch Nynaeve with her head down "You open yourself to the Source through an angreal, just as I will through Elayne As though you real and the Source at the same time It isn’t very difficult, really Watch, and you’ll see When it’s ti you into the circle, just put yourself on the brink That hen I ereal as well"
Concentration or no concentration, sweat began to bead on Elayne’s forehead But then, the heat had nothing to do with it The True Source beckoned; it throbbed, and she throbbed with it It de the Power, the worse the desire, the need, would grow Hanging, she began to treer you channeled, the worse that anticipation grew
"Watch with Aviendha," Nynaeve told Talaan "She kno to -- " She caught sight of Elayne’s face and finished hurriedly "Watch!"
It was not exactly the sah very close It was not meant to be done hurriedly, either; Nynaeve did not have a soft touch, at best Elayne felt as though she were being shaken; nothing happened physically, but inside her head she see wildly downhill Worse, she was jostled toward e slowness It took less than a heartbeat, and seemed to take hours, days She wanted to howl, but she could not breathe Abruptly, like a dah her, a rush of life and joy, of bliss, and breath left her in a long gasp of pleasure and relief so overwhels wobbled It was all she could do to keep froave Nynaeve a stern look, and Nynaeve shrugged apologetically Twice in one day! The sun had to be turning green
"I now control the flow of saidar fro Elayne’s eyes, "and will until I let her go Now, don’t fear that whoever leads the circle," she shot a frown at Caire and sniffed, "can reat deal like an angreal The angreal buffers you against the extra Power, and in somewhat the same way, in a circle you can’t be made to draw too much In fact, in a circle you can’t draw quite as erous!" Renaile broke in, shouldering roughly between Caire and Tebreille Her scowl took in Nynaeve, Elayne, and the sisters standing off from the circle as well "You say that one woman can si have you Aes Sedai known this? I warn you, if you try to use it on one of us -- " It was her turn to be cut off
"It doesn’t work that way, Renaile" Sareitha touched Garenia, and she and Kirstian leaped apart toBrown eyed Nynaeve uncertainly, then folded her hands and took on a lecturing tone, as if addressing a class With it caht then "The Tower studied this forbefore the Trolloc Wars I have read every page that survives in the Tower Library of those studies It was proven conclusively that one woainst her will It si surrender is necessary, just as in e to saidar itself" She sounded absolutely definite, but Renaile still frowned; too ainst lying
"And why did they study it?" Renaile de? Perhaps you Aes Sedai still study?"
"That is ridiculous" Exasperation dripped from Sareitha’s voice "If you must know, it was the proble of the World was a living memory to some, then I don’t suppose even very many sisters remember -- it hasn’t been part of the required instruction since before the Trolloc Wars -- but ht into a circle, too, and as the circle doesn’t break even if you go to sleep Well, you can see the advantages That was an utter failure, unfortunately More to the point here, I say again that it is impossible to force a woman into a circle If you doubt, try it yourself You will see"
Renaile nodded, accepting at last; there was very little else to do when an Aes Sedai made a simple statees that had not survived? She had noticed a slight change in Sareitha’s inflection at one point She had questions For later, when there were fewer ears around
When Renaile and Sareitha withdrew, Nynaeve twitched her divided skirts straight, plainly irritated at the interruption, and opened her ain
"Continue your demonstration, Nynaeve," Caire coht have been smooth as a frozen pond, but she was not very pleased, either
Nynaeve’s mouth worked before she could make any sound coh afraid soht break in
The next part of the lesson was passing control of the circle That had to be done voluntarily, too, and even as she reached out toward Nynaeve, Elayne held her breath until she felt the subtle shift thatinto her And that flowing through Nynaeve, of course She had not been sure it would work Nynaeve could foruidance also involved a form of surrender; Nynaeve had considerable difficulties relinquishing control or being brought into a circle, just as she had once had difficulty surrendering to saidar Which hy Elayne kept the guidance for now It would have to be passed to Caire, and Nynaeve ies must have been much easier for her
Elayne linked next with Aviendha, so Talaan could actually see hoas done with an angreal, as much as there was to see, and it went perfectly; Aviendha was a very quick study, blending in easily Talaan was quick as well, it turned out, adding her still greater angrealaided floithout a hitch One by one, Elayne brought them in, and she herself almost shivered at the river of the Power that strea nearly as real involved Elayne’s awareness cliher with each addition of saidar She could sold boxes that the Windfinders wore around their necks, and separate one from another She could make out each fold and crease in everyone’s clothes as sharply as if she had her nose pressed to the cloth, more sharply She are of the faintest ainst her hair and skin, caresses she never would have