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"Masuri Sokawa," Nevarin said cal can be leashed and bound so he may be used safely" For an instant, Seonid looked as surprised as Perrin felt, but she recovered quickly Outside, she did; her scent was suddenly wary, as if she sensed a trap where she had not expected one

"She also wishes to fit you for a halter, Perrin Aybara," Carelle added, even more casually "She thinks youon her freckled face told whether she agreed

Edarra raised a hand toward Seonid "You o, now You will not listen further, but you ain to let you Heal the wound on his face Reai’shain, not one of your wetlander servants" She invested that last ith depths of scorn

Seonid stared icy augers at Perrin She looked at the Wise Ones, her lips treh, all she could do was go with as good a grace as she couldAes Sedai fit to shame a queen But the scent she trailed behind her was frustration sharp enough to cut

As soon as she was gone, the six Wise Ones focused on Perrin again

"Now," Edarra said, "you can explain to us why you would put a rabid animal next to the Car’a’carn"

"Only a fool obeys another’s command to push him over a cliff," Nevarin said

"You will not listen to us," Janina said, "so ill listen to you Speak, Perrin Aybara"

Perrin considereda break for the doorflaps But if he did, he would leave behind one Aes Sedai whowith six Wise Ones, ere all set to ruin everything he had coain, and settled his hands on his knees He needed a clear head if he was to show these woes

When Perrin left the Wise Ones’ tent, he considered re his coat to see whether his hide was still attached and whole Not a tethered goat,with six shewolves on his heels, and he was unsure what fast feet had gained hied her mind, and their proue at best About the Aes Sedai, there had been no proy ones

He looked for either of the sisters, and found Masuri A narrow rope had been tied between two trees and a fringed redandgreen rug draped over it The slender Broas flailing aith a bentwood beater, raising thin clouds of dust,sun Her Warder, a co hair, sat on a fallen tree trunk nearby, watching her glurin, but it was buried deep today Masuri caught sight of Perrin, and with barely a pause in her rugbeating shot hihed And she was the one who thought as he did As close to it as he was likely to find, anyway A redtailed hawk passed overhead, riding rising currents of hot air fros It would be very nice to soar away from all this The iron in front of