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"No matter, now Moiraine sent ht now Moiraine had Agelmar exempt you from the order"

"Why now, and not earlier? Why couldn’t I leave before? Was she the one who had the gates barred then? Ingtar said he knew nothing about any order to keep people in before tonight"

Rand thought the Warder looked troubled, but all he said was, "When soives you a horse, sheepherder, don’t complain that it isn’t as fast as you’d like"

"What about Egwene? And Mat? Are they really all right? I can’t leave until I know they’re all right"

"The girl is fine She’ll wake in the , and probably not even remember what happened Blows to the head are like that"

"What about Mat?"

"The choice is up to you, sheepherder You can leave now, or tomorrow, or next week It’s up to you" He walked away, leaving Rand standing there in the corridor deep under Fal Dara keep

Chapter 7

(Serpent and Wheel)

Blood Calls Blood

As the litter carrying Mat left the Amyrlin Seat’s chaedarkened ivory carving of a wo robes -- in a square of silk and put it back into her pouch Working together with other Aes Sedai,the flow of the One Power to a single task, was tiring work under the best conditions, even with the aid of an angreal, and working through the night without sleep was not the best conditions And the work they had done on the boy had not been easy