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That was the case this day He’d risen, washed his face, and found a servant entering with a large chop of haravy Just the ham, rubbed with salt and seared over the fire, with a pair of boiled eggs The serving woman set them on his table, then withdrew

Perrin wiped his hands, crossing the rug of his tent and taking in the ham’s scent Part of him felt he should turn it away, but he couldn’t Not when it was right there He sat down, took up fork and knife and dug in

"I still don’t see how you can eat that for breakfast," Faile noted, leaving the washing chae tent had several curtained divisions to it She wore one of her unobtrusive gray dresses Perfect, because it didn’t distract from her beauty It was accented by a sturdy black belt--she had sent away all of her golden belts, noher one that was , and she’d looked sick

"It’s food," Perrin said

"I can see," she said with a snort, looking herself over in the mirror "What did you think I assumed it was? A rock?"

"I meant," Perrin said between bites, "that food is food Why should I care what I eat for breakfast and what I eat for a differenton a cord holding a sarded herself in the mirror, then turned, the loose sleeves of her Saldaean-cut dress swishing She paused beside his plate, gri breakfast with Alliandre Send forWhy should a person have meat at midday, but refuse it for breakfast? It didn’t make sense

He’d decided to remain camped beside the Jehannah Road What else was he to do, with an arard? His scouts needed ti about the strange visions he’d seen, the wolves chasing sheep toward a beast and Faile walking toward a cliff He hadn’t been able toto do with the Whitecloaks? Their appearance bothered him more than he wanted to adnificant and not slow him too much

"Perrin Aybara," a voice called froive me leave to enter?"

"Come in, Gaul," he called "My shade is yours"

The tall Aiel strode in "Thank you, Perrin Aybara," he said, glancing at the ha besides breakfast"

"A

Perrin shook his head Aiel hu to round and Perrin sighed inwardly before picking up his plate andacross from Gaul Perrin placed the meal in his lap and continued to eat

"You need not sit on the floor because ofit because I need to, Gaul"