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"Then we must speak with him," Berelain said "Turn him from this course of action"

"This course of action?" Faile asked, genuinely confused

Berelain stopped, her eyes alight with soht Worried deeply about so

"Lord Perrin must not attack the Whitecloaks," Berelain said "Please, youto attack them," Faile said She was reasonably certain of that

"He’s setting up a perfect ambush," Berelain said "Asha’man to use the One Power, Two Rivers bowhts down on the camp of the Children Cavalry to ride down and sweep up after" She hesitated, see pained "He’s set them up perfectly He told them that if he and Damodred both survived the Last Battle, he’d sub to make certain the Whitecloaks don’t reach the Last Battle He can keep his oath that way, but also avoid turning himself in"

Faile shook her head "He’d never do that, Berelain"

"Can you be certain?" Berelain asked "Absolutely certain?"

Faile hesitated Perrin had been changing lately Most of the changes were good ones, such as his decision to finally accept leadership And the ambush Berelain spoke of would make a kind of perfect, ruthless sense

But it was also wrong Terribly wrong Perrin wouldn’t do that, no ed Of that, Faile could be certain

"Yes," she said "Giving a pro the Whitecloaks in this way, it would rip Perrin apart He doesn’t think that way It won’t happen"

"I hope that you are right," Berelain said "I had hoped some sort of accommodation could be reached with their coht! Couldn’t she have picked one of the nobleive her attentions to? One asn’tmen, are you, Berelain?" The words just slipped out

Berelain turned back to Faile, eyes widening in either shock or anger "And what of Perrin?"

"A terrible match for you," Faile said with a sniff "You’ve shown that tonight, by what you think he is capable of"

"How good a match he was is irrelevant I was proon," Berelain said

"What?"