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"He is well," Egwene said "He worries about whether you are safe"

Nynaeve let out a breath she had not realized she was holding The Waste was a dangerous place even without the likes of Couladin and the Shaido, and theof caution He orried about her safety? Did the fool man think she could not take care of herself?

"We’ve finally reached A to cover herself A flapping tongue, and then sighs! Thefroe, called Sienda, east of Amador Whitecloaks everywhere, but they don’t look at us twice It is others we have to worry about" In front of Melaine, she had to be careful -- to bend the truth a little, in fact, here and there -- but she told the the, because she could not make herself adht, what awene before in my life!

The supposed reason -- the return of a runaway Accepted -- certainly could not be ht that she and Elayne were full Aes Sedai But she had to let Egwene know the truth of that so Andor, but Elayne and you and I have things in cowene, and I think we should be just as careful as Elayne" The girl nodded slowly; she looked stunned, as well shethe taste of that teato feed forkroot to someone who knows herbs as well as I do"

"Schemes within schen for you Aes Sedai, I think Someday you may s yourselves by accident"

"We have news ourselves," Egwene said

Nynaeve could see no reason for the girl’s haste I a ry over her insulting the Tower She took her hand away froht out of her head

Couladin crossing the Spine of the World was surely grave, and Rand following scarcely less so; he was pushing hard for the Jangai Pass, ht until after dusk, and Melaine said they would soon reach it Conditions in Cairhien were harsh enough without a war between Aiel on its territory And a new Aiel War to come, surely, if he tried to carry out hison to sanity, so how to protect hiht bitterly And now I just want hiht the Last Battle Not only for that reason, but for that one, too He hat he was The Light burn me, I’wene had to say about Moiraine that shocked her "She obeys hiorous nod, in that ridiculous Aiel scarf "Last night they had an argu to convince hionwall -- and finally he told her to stand outside until she cooled down; she looked about to s her tongue, but she did it She stayed out in the night for an hour, anyway"

"It is not proper," Melaine said, resettling her shawl fir Aes Sedai about than they do Wise Ones Even the Car’a’carn"

"They certainly do not," Nynaeve agreed, then had to cla at herself What do I care if he makes her dance to his tune? She has h But it was not proper I do not want to be Aes Sedai, just to learnI want to stay who I am Let him order her about! Still, it was not proper

"At least he talks with her, now," Egwene said "Before, he turned to acid if she caer every day"

"Back when I thought you’d follow ht you how to take swelling down Best for hi bull in the pasture Maybe s -- and queens -- can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they’re worse when they only reet who Most could do with someone whose only job is to remind them that they eat and sweat and cry the same as any far unsure whether to agree or not, but Egwene said, "I try, but sometimes he doesn’t seeance is usually too thick a bubble to prick"

"Do the best you can Helping hi that anyone could do For him, and the rest of the world"

That produced a silence She and Egwene certainly did not like to talk about the eventuality of Rand going mad, and Melaine could not like it any better

"I have so else important to tell you," she went on after a " It was not the saitte She made it seem that she herself had seen Lanfear and the others In truth, Moghedien was the only one she could recognize at sight, and h she had only seen hiht to ask how she kneas who, or why she thought Moghedienabout In actuality, the proble the World of Dreareen ice

Nynaeve wene’s rueful headshaking "I could hardly see Rahvin and the rest without it, now could I?"

"Aes Sedai, you know little, and you try too ht the few pieces that you have For reed even to these s Unschooled women should not be allowed in Tel’aran’rhiod"

"I have schooled ht me" Nynaeve kept her voice cool with an effort "I learned to channel on my own, and I do not see why Tel’aran’rhiod should be any different" It was only stubborn anger that ht herself to channel, true, but without knohat it was that she was doing and only after a fashion Before the White Tower, she had Healed sometimes, but unaware, until Moiraine proved it to her Her teachers in the Tower had said that hy she needed to be angry in order to channel; she had hidden her ability from herself, afraid of it, and only fury could break thr