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Nynaeve was not sure what she answered Soo on She hurried away fro corridor to look for hiht, what have they done to hiotten hiht blind her I’m his Wisdom

Are you, a small voice taunted You’ve abandoned Emond’s Field to fend for itself Can you still call yourself their Wisdom?

I did not abandon theht Mavra Mallen up froet back She can deal well enough with the Mayor and the Village Council, and she gets on ith the Woet back to her own village No village can do without its Wisdoone months from Emond’s Field

"I am the Wisdom of Emond’s Field!" she said aloud

A liveried servant carrying a bolt of cloth blinked at her, then bowed low before scurrying off By his face he was eager to be anywhere else

Blushing, Nynaeve looked around to see if anyone had noticed There were only a few rossed in their own conversations, and so her a bow or curtsy as she passed She had had that argument with herself a hundred ti to herself out loud She ether when she realized what she was doing

She was finally beginning to realize her search was futile when she ca down on the outer courtyard through an arrowslit The noise fro So intent was Lan that he did not, for once, seem to hear her She hated the fact that she could never sneak up on hiood at woodscraft back in Eh it was not a skill in which many wo her hands to her stoht to dose ht sourly It was the ave anyone who oose Rannel and sheepstongue root would perk you up a little, and did no harm, but mainly it tasted horrible, and the taste lasted all day It was a perfect cure for acting the fool

Safe froainst the stone and fingering his chin as he studied as going on below He’s too tall, for one thing, and old enough to be my father, for another A man with a face like that would have to be cruel No, he’s not that Never that And he was a king His land was destroyed while he was a child, and he would not clai ith a village woman? He’s a Warder, too Bonded to Moiraine She has his loyalty to death, and ties closer than any lover, and she has hiht burn her!

He turned froo

"Nynaeve" His voice caught and held her like a noose "I wanted to speak to you alone You always seem to be in the women’s apartments, or in company"

It took an effort to face him, but she was sure her features were cal for Rand" She was not about to ado, you and I I shaain -- and you told o away"

"I never said -- " He took a deep breath "I told you I had nothing to offer for brideprice but ’s clothes Not a gift any ive a woman Not a man who can call himself adoes not give gifts to village woe woman would not take them Have you seen Rand? I need to talk to him He was to see the Amyrlin Do you knohat she wanted with him?"

His eyes blazed like blue ice in the sun She stiffened her legs to keep frolare

"The Dark One take Rand al’Thor and the A into her hand "I will ift and you will take it if I have to chain it around your neck"

She pulled her eyes away frory In her hand was a signet ring, heavy gold and ith age, alh On it, a crane flew above a lance and crown, all carefully wrought in detail Her breath caught The ring of Malkieri kings Forgetting to glare, she lifted her face "I cannot take this, Lan"

He shrugged in an offhand way "It is nothing Old, and useless, now But there are those ould knohen they saw it Show that, and you will have guestright, and help if you need it, from any lord in the Borderlands Show it to a Warder, and he will give aid, or carry a e marked with it, and I will come to you, without delay and without fail This I swear"

Her vision blurred at the edges If I cry noill kill ift frooran Here, take it"

He fended off her atteentle but firm as a shackle "Then take it for my sake, as a favor to me Or throw it away, if it displeases you I’ve no better use for it" He brushed her cheek with a finger, and she gave a start "I o now, Nynaeve mashiara The Amyrlin wishes to leave before midday, and there is much yet to be done Perhaps ill have tione, striding down the hall

Nynaeve touched her cheek She could still feel where he had touched her Mashiara Beloved of heart and soul, itFool woirl with her hair still not braided It’s no use letting hihtly, she turned around, and jumped when she found herself facetoface with Moiraine "How long have you been there?" she de I should not have," the Aes Sedai replied s soon I heard that YouIt had not penetrated when Lan said it "I will have to say goodbye to the boys," she ave Moiraine a sharp look "What have you done to Rand? He was taken to the Amyrlin Why? Did you tell her about -- about?" She could not say it He was froh older than he to have looked after him a time or then he was little, but she could not even think about what he had become wit