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"Tellword, or send it, as soon as I locate a suitable vessel"

If Elayne was right, he could no more lie than could an Aes Sedai who had sworn the Three Oaths, but still she hesitated A ht to take risks for herself, but this risk involved Elayne too And Thom and Juilin, for that matter; they were her responsibility, whatever they wanted to think But she was here, and the decision had to be hers Not that it ht, wo his hands as though to grab her shoulders Uno’s blade was between theht steel, but Elayne’s brother actually brushed it aside like a twig, and paid it no more mind than one "I mean no harm to you, now or ever; I swear it by my mother’s name You say that you are what you are? I knohat you are And what you are not Perhaps half the reason I wear this," he touched an edge of his snowy cloak, "is because the Tower sent you out -- you and Elayne and Egwene -- for the Light knohat reason, when you are what you are It was like sending a boy who has just learned to hold a sword into battle, and I will never forgive them There is still time for both of you to turn aside; you do not have to carry that sword The Tower is too dangerous for you or erous for you! Let htness slid fro you, Nynaeve If anything happened to Elayne I halfwish that Egith you, so I could" Scrubbing a hand through his hair, he looked left and right, searching for how to convince her Uno and Ragan held their blades ready to drive through his body, but he did not appear to see theht, Nynaeve, please allowthat finally tipped the balance in her mind They were in Ghealdan Amadicia was the only land that actuallyable to channel, and they were on the opposite bank of the river That left only Galad’s oaths as a Child of the Light to battle against his duty to Elayne She gave blood the edge in that struggle Besides, he really was too gorgeous for her to let Uno and Ragan kill hi to do with her decision, of course

"We are with Valan Luca’s show," she said at last

He blinked at her, frowned "Valan Luca’s? You ht in his voice "What under the Light are you doing in company like that? Those who keep such shows are no better than No h to see you in a decent inn"

His tone bespoke his certainty that she would do as he wanted Not a "can I help you with a fens?" or a "would you like ht they should be in an inn, so into an inn they would go The h to know she would duck into an alley, but he did not know her at all, it seemed Besides, there were reasons to stay with Luca

"Do you think there is a room, or a hayloft, not taken in all of Samara?" she asked, a touch more tartly than intended

"I am certain I can find --"

She cut hi the shows" The last place anyone but Moghedien would look, at least "You’ll agree we should keep froht as much as possible? If you did find a room, more than likely you’d have to have so a roo and draw eyes like flies to aat Uno and, Ragan as if it were their fault, but he had enough sense to see sense "It is no fit place for either of you, but it is probably safer than anywhere inside the city at that Since you have at least agreed to go to Caemlyn, I will say no more on it"

She kept her face sht she had promised what she had not, that was his affair She had to keep hililed white breeches, and the uproar would overshadow any riot Maseerie, mind Until you find a ship, anyway Then cohtfall and ask for Nana" He liked that even less, if possible, but she forestalled hiht near any of the shows If you visit one, don’t you think people will notice and ask why?"

His seous, but it showed too , it see you back there, at least?"

"I most certainly do There will be ru here" -- she could no longer see the street past the threeinto the alley, and Uno and Ragan had not resheathed their swords --"but if you accompany me, we’ll be seen by ten times as many"

His wince was half rueful, half ," he ht of it" Clearly he wished she did not "Hearhis head, and suddenly his voice was steel "I am Galadedrid Damodred, and this woman is under my protection As for her companion, I would count it small loss to die in order to save her the smallest harm If you allow either to come to that s the sudden, dangerous blankness of their faces as co his eyes back to her "I suppose you still will not tell wene is?"

"All you need know is that she is far fro her ar through her ribs Was she erous mistake because of a pretty face? "And safer than any action of yours can make her"

He looked as if he did not believe her, but he made no more of it "With luck, I will find a vessel in a day or two Until then, stay close to this Valan Luca’s show Stay low and avoid notice As much as you can with your hair that color And tell Elayne not to run away froht shone on you to let me find you still in one piece, and it will have to shine twice as brightly to keep you fro off across Ghealdan This Prophet’s blasphemous ruffians are everywhere, without respect for law or persons, and that does not count brigands taking advantage of disorder Samara itself is a wasp nest, but if you will sit quietly and convince et you out of it be