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"Sooner or later it would," Rand said dryly After a good part of it finished celebrating "I kno hard you’d cry, Weira the point of his graystreaked beard He heard what he wanted to hear "Yes, on, you can be assured of my constancy Which is why I’" That was Adley;the Asha’man were erous "Wise of you to send away oes without saying I can even understand why you limit Gueyam and the others" Weiramon’s boots squelched in thetone "I do believe soainst you, but I think perhaps their loyalty has not always been without question Asand confident, a man concerned only with the needs of the one he served The one who surely wouldall of on With them, and the Defenders, I can assure the honor of the Lord of the Morning, and his safety"

In all of the individual ca loaded, horses saddled Most tents were already down The High Lady Rosana was riding north, her banner heading a colu the bandits and at least give the Shaido pause But not enough to plant notions in her head, especially not when half were Gueyam’s and Maraconn’s retainers mixed with Defenders of the Stone Much the sa eastward over the tall ridge with as many Companions and e behind on foot, some of the felloho had surrendered in the woods beyond that ridge the day before A surprising nuon Reborn, but Rand did not trust the south with the sa off as soon as they had their carts and wagons loaded Each in a different direction, and none able to trust the h for the peace to Illian was an i sent away fro whether it ht have considered why he chose to keep those he did under his eye Rosana had certainly looked thoughtful

"Your concern touches uards does one man need? I’m not off to start a war" A fine point, perhaps, yet this ell under way It had begun at Falme, if not before "Get your people ready"

How many have died for my pride? Lews Therin moaned How many have died for ?" Weiraht atop the voice in Rand’s head

"The City," Rand snapped He did not kno many had died for his mistakes, but none for his pride He was sure of that

Weiramon opened his mouth, plainly confused as to whether he estured hiHe half wished he could stab Lews Therin with it "I don’t intend to sit here all day, Weiramon! Go to your men!"

Less than an hour later he took hold of the True Source and prepared to ht the dizziness that gripped him lately whenever he seized or loosed the Power; he did not quite sway in Tai’daishar’s saddle What with thethe Source ca double, even for only a fewflows difficult if not impossible, and he could have told Dashiva or Flinn or one of the others to do it, but Gedwyn and Rochaid were holding their horses’ reins in front of a dozen or so blackcoated Soldiers, all who had not been out to search Just standing there patiently And watching Rand Rochaid, no er, was also full Asha’man, and his coat, too, was silk A ss others did not and was amused What did he know? About the Seanchan, surely, if not Rand’s plans for the, but Rand was not about to show any weakness in front of that pair The dizziness faded quickly, the twinned sight a little more slowly, as it always did, these last feeeks, and he co in his heels and rode through the opening that unfolded before him

The City he had ateway opened to the north of that city Despite Weiramon’s supposed concerns, he hardly went unprotected and alone Nearly three thousand h that tall square hole in the air, into rolling meadowland not far from the broad muddy road that led down to the Causeway of the Northern Star Even when every lord had only been allowed a handful of ar a thousand if not thousands, a hundred or so were a handful -- they added up Tairens and Cairhienin and Illianers, Defenders of the Stone under Tihera and Co Gedwyn The Asha’man who had come with him, anyway Dashiva and Flinn and the rest kept their horses close behind Rand All but Narishma Narishma had not come back yet The man knehere to find him, but Rand did not like it

Each kind kept to themselves as much as possible Gueya Rand orin Panar with three others of the Council of Nine, leaning in their saddles to speak softly and uneasily ahtfaced Cairhienin lords behind him, watched Rand almost as closely as the Tairens did Rand had chosen those who came with him as carefully as those he sent away, not always for the reasons others ht have used

Had there been any onlookers, it would have been a brave display, with all their bright banners and pennants, and sht and brave and very dangerous Soainst him, and he had learned that Semaradrid’s House Maravin had old alliances with House Riatin, which stood in open rebellion against him in Cairhien Semaradrid did not deny the connection, but he had not mentioned it before Rand heard, either The Council of Nine were just too new to hi them all behind And Weiraht well try to gain the Lord Dragon’s favor by ht alone kneho or where Too stupid to leave behind, too powerful to shove aside, so he rode with Rand and thought hih to do so th