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Elayne’s litter creaked up and crested the lip of the tower’s turret Atop the tower, Aludra stood with one of her prototype dragons The bronze tube was quite long and set in a framework of wood It was just a duon had been set up atop the next tower down the wall It was far enough away that Elayne wouldn’t be in danger if so

The slender Taraboner woht for the fact that she was delivering a potentially world-changing weapon to the queen of a foreign country; all Aludra seeet back at the Seanchan, or so Mat had explained Elayne had spent soerie, but still wasn’t certain how trustworthy she was She’d have Master Norry keep an eye on her

Assulance for the people down below Only then did she realize how high up she really was Light!

I’ Not that she said anything like that to Birgitte, not any longer And she did intend to stop taking so many risks This wasn’t a risk Not really

She turned away before she grew dizzy and inspected the dragon h longer and narrower Like an enormous vase turned on its side Elayne had received more than one missive from the city’s irate bellfounders Aludra insisted that her orders be carried out exactly and had forced the ht, a loud crack had sounded across the city As if a stone wall had fallen so Elayne had received a note from Aludra

First test a success, it had read Meet me today on city wall for demonstration

"Your Majesty," Aludra said "You are…well, yes?"

"I will be fine, Aludra," Elayne said, trying to on is ready?"

"It is," Aludra said She wore a long brown dress, her black wavy hair loose, co down to her waist Why no braids today? Aludra didn’t seem to care for jewelry, and Elayne had never seen her wear any A group of five men fro what appeared to be a chimney brush of some sort Another had a metal sphere in his hands, and another carried a sroup on the next tower over Someone there raised a hat into the air and waved at her Mat wanted to watch froon, it seehtflower?

"The dein Thesedone on the other tower" She hesitated as she regarded Elayne "Her Majesty, I think we should prop her up, so that she can see the display"

A few minutes later, they’d located some small boxes to place beneath the litter and elevate Elayne so that she could see over the tower’s crenelations It appeared that soh it was too far for Elayne to lasses and handed one each to Elayne and Birgitte

Elayne raised her glass to her eye Dressing dummies Aludra had set up soht! Where had she gotten sosoownmakers across the city

Mat had promised this would be worth practically any cost Of course, that was Mat He wasn’t exactly the most reliable person around