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"Interesting thoughts you raise, apprentice," Nako the tea "Our land here is called the Three-fold Land Three-fold, for the three things it did to us It punished us for sin It tested our courage It formed an anvil to shape us"

"The Three-fold Landit, we becoed into soest that the tests ere to face--in the wetlands--were as dangerous as the Three-fold-land itself? So dangerous and difficult that we had to come here to prepare for theue with a Wise One, not even an apprentice I have toh"

"There is never toh for speaking ords," Aviendha said "Tell me, Nakomi, where is it you travel? Which sept is your own?"

"I am far from my roof," the woman said, wistful, "yet not far at all Perhaps it is far from me I cannot answer your question, apprentice, for it is not ive this truth"

Aviendha frowned What kind of ansas that?

"It see our ancient oaths to do no violence, our people have gained great toh"

"Yes," Aviendha said What did you do when your entire people had done so so awful? This realization hat had caused so many of the Aiel to be taken by the bleakness They had thron their spears, or refused to re that their people had such great toh, it could never beThe Aiel toh could bethe Car’a’carn, the representative of the ones to whoinally sworn their oaths

"We willin the Last Battle"

The Aiel would therefore regain their honor Once you paid toh, you forgot it To reant They would be finished They could return and no longer feel shame for what had happened in the past Aviendha nodded to herself

"And so," Nako over a cup of tea, "the Three-fold Land was our punishrow so that we could meet our toh"

"Yes," Aviendha said It felt clear to her

"So, once we have fought for the Car’a’carn, ill have met that toh And therefore will have no reason to be punished further If that is the case, ould we return to this land? Would that not be like seeking more punishment, once toh is met?"

Aviendha froze But no, that was silly She did not want to argue with Nakoed in the Three-fold Land

"People of the Dragon," Nako the Dragon was the point behind everything we did Our custo…our very way of life"

"Yes," Aviendha said

"And so," Nakohtblinder is defeated, what is left for us? Perhaps this is why so many refused to follow the Car’a’carn Because they worried at what it meant Why continue the old ways? Hoe find honor in raiding, in killing one another, if we are no longer preparing for such an i hard itself?"

"I…"

"I’ain I am prone to it, I fear Here, let us eat"

Aviendha started Surely the roots weren’t done yet However, Nakomi pulled them out, and they s a pair of tin plates from her pack She seasoned the meat and roots, then passed a plate to Aviendha