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Ash why he should, being what and who he as beyond Rand -- but Rand only waited patiently until she caught her breath For Aiel hu he would have expected frohtened, wiping her eyes, he said, "What of the Shaido, then? Or are their Wise Ones also at this conclave?"

She answered still giggling into her wine; she considered the Shaido finished, hardly worth considering now Thousands of prisoners had been taken, with a trickle still being brought in, and the fighting had died down except for a few sot out of her, the less he could see the Han occupied, the bulk of Couladin’s people had crossed the Gaelin in good order, even carrying away most of the Cairhienin prisoners they had captured Worse, they had destroyed the stone bridges behind them

That did not concern her, but it did hiet at thees were replaced, and even wooden spans would take time It was time that he did not have

At the very end, when it seemed there was no et worrying about the Shaido and what trouble they would cause She just tossed it in, as if she had alotten

"Mat killed Couladin?" he said incredulously when she was done "Mat?"

"Did I not say so?" The words were sharp, but halfhearted Peering at him over her winecup, she seemed more interested in hoould take the news than in whether he doubted her word

As martial; the harp see man of asthe third of you, this Perrin, one day"

Rand shook his head So Mat had not escaped the pull of ta’veren to ta’veren after all Orta’veren hiht that moment Mat had not learned the lesson that he had Try to run away, and the Pattern pulled you back, often roughly; run in the direction the Wheel wove you, and soe a little control over your life Sometimes With luck,haul But he had ent concerns than Mat, or the Shaido

A glance at the entrance told hih all he saw othero Maidens squatting just outside, spears across their knees A night andwith him unconscious, and Sammael had either not tried to find him or had failed

He was careful to use that nah another floated in the back of his mind now Tel Janin Aellinsar No history recorded the nament in the library at Tar Valon; Moiraine had told hi the Aes Sedai knew of the Forsaken, and it was little e tales Even Asmodean had always called hi before the War of the Shadow ended, the Forsaken had eiven them, as if symbols of rebirth in the Shadow Asmodean’s own true name -- Joar Addaotten the others in the course of three thousand years

Perhaps there was no real reason to hide as going on inside his head -- maybe it was only an attempt to deny reality to himself -- but Sammael the man would remain And as Sammael, he would pay in full for every Maiden he had killed The Maidens Rand had not been able to keep safe