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On the other hand, with fifteen Shienaran soldiers, there was no need to wait for a ship A riverboat was certainly the fastest way to travel -- she remembered what she had heard of Salidar, now; a river town, or close by; a boat could take theon just as safe, from Whitecloaks or bandits or followers of the Prophet Butaway fronpost for Moghedien, or the Black Ajah I will let the Blues deal with thean asked, and Uno added apologetically, "I shouldn’t have mentioned how Sakaru died" Sakaru? That"I don’t spend et you have weak bell--, Iat that eyepatch he was going to find out how delicate her sto If two Shienarans were good, fifteen onderful Her own private arands or riots, or whether she had made a mistake about Galad How ht, then Every night just after dark, one of you -- one, mind! -- will come here and ask for Nana That’s the name I am known by" She had no reason for the order, except to put theoes by Morelin, but you ask for Nana If you need coin, come to me, not Masema" She had to suppress a wince as the words left her on’s stove, but Luca had not deold crowns yet, and he would There was always the jewelry, if need be, though She had to be sure they eaned away from Masema "Aside from that, none of you are to come near uard, or some such idiocy "Not unless a riverboat arrives In that case, you co on the instant Do you understandhave to keep away --?" His head jerked back as her ader almost touched his nose

"Do you ree?" She had tored eyepatch made her stomach do flips "Unless you do remember, you will learn why ues in their mouths"

She watched him turn that over in his mind He did not knohat her connection with the White Toas, only that it existed She ent of the Tower, or Towertrained Or even Aes Sedai, though one not long to the shawl And the threat was vague enough for him to put his oorst interpretation to it She had known that technique long before hearing Juilin mention it to Elayne

When it appeared the idea had taken hold -- and before he could ask any questions -- she lowered her hand "You will stay away for the same reason Galad does So as not to draw attention For the rest, you will do it because I say so If I must explainelse, so you must make the best of it"

That was a suitably Aes Sedai comment Besides, they had no choice if they intended to help her reach Rand, as they thought, whichquite satisfied with herself as she shooed the crowd and under the sign bearing Valan Luca’s name

To her surprise, there was an addition to the show On a new platforauzy yellow trousers was standing on her head, arms outstretched to either side with a pair of white doves on each hand No, not on her head The wo so on that As Nynaeve watched, aghast, the peculiar acrobat lowered her hands to the platfor herself double, until she seeh Her legs curved down in front of her, then impossibly back up under her arms, whereupon she transferred the doves to the upturned soles of her feet, now the highest part of the contorted ball she had knotted herself into The onlookers gasped and applauded, but the sight ood a rehedien had done to her

That isn’t why I mean to hand her over to the Blues, she told herself I just do not want to cause calaain That was true, but she was also afraid that the next tihtly She would not have ad it to herself

Giving the contortionist one last puzzled glance -- she could not begin to puzzle out what the woman had twisted herself into now -- she turned away And started as Elayne and Birgitte suddenly appeared at her side out of theher white coat and breeches; Birgitte was all but flaunting her lownecked red gown No, there was no "all but" to it She stood even straighter than usual and had tossed back her braid to reered the knot of her shawl at her waist, wishing every glance at Birgitte did not reray wool ca at her belt, and she carried the bow Luca had found for her Surely the day was too late for her to go through with the shooting

A glance at the sky told Nynaeve she rong Despite everything that had happened, the sun still stood well above the horizon Shadows stretched long, but not long enough to dissuade Birgitte, she suspected

In an atte the sun, she nodded toward the woun to twist herself into so that Nynaeve kneas i on her teeth "Where did she coitte answered calht soitte was all selfpossessed coolness, Elayne very nearly quivered with emotion "Where did she come from?" she spluttered "She came from a show that a mob nearly destroyed!"

"I heard about that," Nynaeve said, "but that isn’t what is important I --"

"Not iuidance "Did you also hear why? I don’t knohether it was Whitecloaks or this Prophet, but solanced around without slowing and lowered her voice; none of the crowd had stopped, but every passerby stared at two obvious perforht wear a shawl" She enificantly "Fools to think she’d be with a travelinginto the city without a word to anyone We’ve heard everything fro you off over his shoulder to you kissing a Shienaran and traipsing a