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"We knohat they want" Mat glanced at those flames

"What?" Noal asked

"Us," Mat replied "Look, they can see what’s going to happen They did it to me, they did it to Moiraine, if that letter is any clue They knew she would leave a letter for you, Thom They knew it And they still answered her questions"

"Maybe they had to," Thohtforwardly," Mat said "They didn’t withshe would coet pulled back, too They want me They want us"

"You don’t know that for certain, Mat" Thoot out his pipe To Mat’s right, ame "They can answer questions, but that doesn’t s"

Mat shook his head The creatures put ured they were the memories of people who had touched the tower or been into it The Aelfinn and the Eelfinn had those memories, and burn him, they probably had his, too Could they watch hiain for his ainst the "They do know things, Tho We won’t surprise the a tinder tith the fire, then using it to light his pipe "We can’t win"

"Unless we break the rules," Mat repeated

"But they’ll knoe’re doing," Thom said, "if what you say is true So we should trade with them"

"And what did Moiraine say, Thoht"

Tho an absent hand to his breast pocket, where he kept the letter "She said to rea with the and we don’t leave until we have her"

Tho to puff

"Courage to strengthen," Noal said "Well, we have enough of that, with Mat’s luck"

"You don’t have to be part of this, you know, Noal," Mat said "You have no reason to risk yourself on this"

"I’," Noal said "I’ve seen a lot of places Most places, actually But never this one" He hesitated "It’s so I need to do And that’s the end of it"

"Very well," Mat said

"Fire to blind," Noal said "What do we have?"