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"Even a queen stubs her toe, but a oman watches the path," she quoted softly Lini was a oman Elayne did not think she would ain She knew she made many, but seldoh to be worthy to follow her mother on the throne

Suddenly she sat up Tears were leaking fro down the sides of her face; what Elayne had taken for a faint snore -- Nynaeve did snore, whatever she said -- was a tiny, whi sob deep in her throat That should not be If she had been injured, the hurt would have appeared, although she would not feel it here until she woke

Perhaps I should wake her But she hesitated, even as her hand stretched toward the other wo someone out of Tel’aran’rhiod was far fro, even icy water in the face would not always do -- and Nynaeve would not appreciate being puiven her I wonder what really happened I will have to ask Cerandin Whatever was going on, Nynaeve should be able to step out of the dreawene said that the Wise Ones could hold soh if they had taught her the trick, she had not passed it on to Elayne or Nynaeve If so her, it could not be Birgitte, or the Wise Ones Well, the Wise Ones ht she should not But if not them, that left only

She took hold of Nynaeve’s shoulders to shake her -- if that did not work, she would freeze the pitcher of water on the table, or slap her face silly -- and Nynaeve’s eyes popped open

I sound Elayne had ever heard "I killed her Oh, Elayne, I killed her withI could" The words trailed off in openhedien; that worief She was about to take Nynaeve in her ar ca herself into a tre, Elayne made her way to the door and pulled it open, but before she could say a word, Tho out of his breeches, carrying someone shrouded in his cloak in his arms Only a woman’s bare feet showed

"She was just there," Juilin said behind hi out of his own mouth Both men were barefoot, and Juilin was stripped to the waist, lean and hairlesschested "I woke for athere, naked as the day she was born, collapsing like a cut net"

"She’s alive," Thoure on Elayne’s bed, "but only barely I could hardly hear her heart"

Frowning, Elayne pulled aside the cloak’s hood -- and found herself staring at Birgitte’s face, pale and wan

Nynaeve scrambled stiffly from the other bed to kneel beside the unconscious wo had stopped "She is alive," she breathed "She is alive" Abruptly she seemed to realize that she was in her shift in front of the lance, and all she said was "Get the like sheep"

Thom and Juilin rolled their eyes toward each other when Elayne htly, but they backed toward the door without complaint "She is a friend," Elayne told the, without feeling How could this be? "We will take care of her" How could it possibly have happened? "Now, don’t say a word to anyone" The looks they gave her as she closed the door nearly made her blush Of course they knew better than to talk But s soan, turning, and cut off as the glow of saidar surrounded the kneeling wo fiercely "Burn her forever for doing this!" Elayne recognized the flows being woven for Healing, but recognition was as far as she could go "I will find her, Birgitte," Nynaeve muttered Strands of Spirit predominated, but Water and Air were in there, and even Earth and Fire It looked as co one dress with either hand, and two low shining about Nynaeve grew and grew, until it overwhelh slitted eyes "I swear it! By the Light and er in her voice changed, beco There is nothing wrong with her to Heal She is as perfect as anyone can be But she is dying Oh, Light, I can feel her slipping away Burn Moghedien! Burn her! And burncontinued, coolden braid flung over the side of the bed, the rise and fall of her chest slowing

"I can do soht help," Elayne said slowly You were supposed to have permission, but it had not always been so Once it had been done almost as often without as with There was no reason it should not work on a wo done to any but ?" Nynaeve did not look away from the woman on the bed, or stop her efforts with the Power "Yes You will have to do it -- I don’t kno -- but let ht this minute, but I know that I can do it You could not Heal a bruise"

Elayne’s " The amount of saidar that Nynaeve had drawn into herself was aitte with that, what Elayne could add would not er than either apart, but not as strong as if their two strengths were simply added Besides, she was not certain that she could link She had only been linked once, and an Aes Sedai had done it, to show her what it was like more than how "Stop, Nynaeve You said yourself it is not working Stop and let me try If it doesn’t work, you can" She could what? If Healing worked, it worked; if it did not There was no point in