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"I like canoodling as much as the next man," Mat said, "but don’t you think there are a few too ?"

Rand released Aviendha’s waist and stepped back, but nowith her skirt,had disarrayed it, but not before he saw her cheeks redden Well, he had notaround the courtyard, he said, "I told you I don’t kno h the gates onto the ramp, there was barely room to move in the courtyard Five hundred from each society meant six thousand Aiel; the hallways inside ed Like every other Aiel there, he had his shoufa wrapped around his head, ready to veil No crih it seemed at least half the others wore the blackandwhite disc on their foreheads "Every spear that can follow you, will Will the two Aes Sedai coood that Aviendha kept her proain Lanfear had tried to kill her and Egwene because she did not knohich was Aviendha How had Kadere found out to tell her? No ht Women found pain -- or death -- when they ca"

"There are stories of trouble by the river"

"A great victory, Bael," Rand said wearily "And much honor earned" But not by me Pevin came down past Bael to stand behind Rand’s shoulder with the banner, his narrow, scarred face absolutely blank "Does the whole palace know about this, then?" Rand asked

"I heard," Pevin said His jaorked, chewing for more words Rand had found hiood red wool, and theeither side of his chest "That you were going Somewhere" That seerew in the palace likeas Rahvin did not find out He scanned the tile roofs and towertops No ravens He had not seen a raven in so them Perhaps they avoided him now "Stand ready" He seized saidin, floated in eateway appeared at the foot of the steps, first a bright line that see into a square hole into blackness four paces wide Not a murmur came froh a s in the air, but they could as well try walking through one of the palace walls Froateould be invisible except to the few close enough to see what ht

Four paces was as large as Rand could make it There were limits for one man by himself, Asmodean claimed; it seemed there were always limits The amount of saidin you drew did not ateways, really; only theelse A dreah onto what appeared to be a paving stone lifted fro in the midst of utter darkness, with a sense that in every direction there was nothing Nothing, forever It was not like night He could see hi else, everywhere else, was blackness

It was tiht,the courtyard to an inch He iray stone stretched as far as he could see With a start, he realized that his boots were beginning to sink into the stone under his feet; it looked no different, yet it yielded slowly like ht everything back to a square the size of as outside -- thatit by one outer row of stones at a ti to realize he could not er than his first atteht, it did not sink beneath his feet, but the second added row felt insubstantial, like a thin shell that e as the thing could be er at first? We all ly froht

Rand felt hi someone else shiver It ell to be reminded that Lews Therin was still inside him He had to be careful not to fall into a battle for self while confronting Rahvin If not for that, he ht have No What had happened on the quay was done; he would notthe platfor of square stones, he turned Bael aiting out there in what seeht with the steps beyond At his side, Pevin looked no more perturbed by what he saw than the Aiel chief, which was to say not at all Pevin would carry that banner wherever Rand went, even the Pit of Doom, and never blink Mat shoved back his hat to scratch his head, then jerked it low again,about dice in his head

"Impressive," Asmodean said quietly "Quite impressive"

"Flatter him some other tih, watching Rand, not where she put her feet She walked all the way to hi except his face When she reached hi her shawl over her elbows, and study the darkness So else the Creator could possibly have ht behind her; then As the strap of his harpcase across his chest, the other whiteknuckled on his sword hilt; and Mat, swaggering, but a trifle reluctant and gruue Sulin claimed the honor to be first else, but soon a wide stream followed, not just Maidens of the Spear, but Tain Shari, True Bloods, and Far Aldazar Din, Brothers of the Eagle; Red Shields and Dawn Runners, Stone Dogs and Knife Hands, representatives of every society, crowding through

As the numbers increased, Rand ateway There was no need to see where he was going, really, but he wanted to In truth, he could have reone to one side; direction here was mutable; whatever way he chose to move would take him to Caemlyn if done properly And to the endless black