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She opened her eyes He seemed so earnest But even the most deadly and violent of hounds could be earnest "Do you knohat they did to Elayne, Mother?" he asked

"You er over that

"They sent her out on ust "They refused to let er I ase asked, eager

"Here in the south My men name the Aes Sedai witches Sometimes, I wonder how far off from the truth that is"

"Galad…"

"Not all women ield the One Power are evil inherently," he said "That is a ht doesn’t make that claim; it just says that the temptation to use the One Power can corrupt I believe that the women who now run the White Tower have let their sche to argue the point Thank the Light Elaida wasn’t here to hear that logic!

"Either way," he said "We will fight alongside theon Reborn, and this Perrin Aybara if need be The struggle against the Shadoeighs all other concerns"

"Then let us join that struggle," she said "Galad, forget this trial! Aybara intends to disband soive the rest to al’Thor"

He met her eyes, then nodded "Yes I can see now that the Pattern has led you to me We will travel with you After the trial has finished"

She sighed

"I don’t do this by choice," Galad said, rising again "Aybara hihs against hi Let him prove his innocence to us, and to hi out and touching the white-scabbarded sword on his dressing table "And if we continue without hi paid for his cri the people you took from Perrin’s camp"

"She should have spoken up, revealed herself to me I would have set her free"

"And yet she did not I have heard you all but threatened to execute the prisoners if Perrin didn’t come to battle Would you have actually done this?"

"Their blood would have been on his head"

"Lini’s blood, Galad?"

"I…I would have seen her aer"

"So you would have killed the others," Morgase said "People who did no wrong, ere guilty of nothing uiled by Aybara?"

"The executions would never have occurred It was merely a threat"

"A lie"