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"Ta’veren," Loial began

"I do not want to hear about that, either" Rand started off again as fast as before "All I want is to give the dagger to Mat, and the Horn to Ingtar" Then what? Go o mad, at least I won’t hurt anybody else But I don’t want to die, either Lan can talk about Sheathing the Sword, but I’m a shepherd, not a Warder "If I can just not touch it," he muttered, "maybe I canOwyn almost made it"

"What, Rand? I didn’t hear that"

"It was nothing," Rand said wearily "I wish Ingtar would get here And Mat, and Perrin"

They walked along in silence for a tiht Tho only when he thought he had to If Owyn had ed to limit how often he channeled, it must be possible to not channel at all, no matter how seductive saidin was

"Rand," Loial said, "there’s a fire up ahead"

Rand got rid of his unwelco A thick column of black smoke billowed up above the rooftops He could not see what lay at the base of it, but it was too close to the inn

"Darkfriends," he said, staring at the s seen, but DarkfriendsHurin!" He broke into a run, Loial easily keeping pace beside him

The closer they came, the more certain it was, until they rounded the last stoneterraced corner and there was The Defender of the Dragonwall, s through the roof A crowd had gathered in front of the inn Cuale, shouting and jus out into the street A double line of men passed inside buckets filled ater from a well down the street and empty buckets back out Most of the people only stood and watched; a new gout of flaave a loud aaaah

Rand pushed through the crowd to the innkeeper "Where is Hurin?"

"Careful with that table!" Cuale shouted "Do not scrape it!" He looked at Rand and blinked His face was sed with s him, my Lord No doubt he went out Do not drop those candlesticks, fool! They are silver!" Cuale danced off to harangue the s out of the inn

"Hurin wouldn’t have gone out," Loial said "He would not have left the " He looked around and left it unsaid; so as the fire

"I know," Rand said, and plunged into the inn

The co were on fire The double line oftheir buckets, and others scrambled to carry out what furniture was left, but there was nothe kitchen As Rand pressed upstairs, it began to thicken Coughing, he ran up the steps

The lines stopped short of the second landing,their water up into a s up the walls flickered red through the black so up there, ier, speak to him"