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He focused Making gateways came so much easier to hih he couldn’t break even a se enough for a wagon to drive through Logain had called it impressive; Taim had called it impossible

This time, Androl pushed all of the Power he had into his weave He understood gateways They made sense Maybe it was the innate fondness he had for traveling, for discovering new places and new arts

The weaves caether He didn’t notice any of the difficulty that Eht should have coan to unravel instead Androl tried to hold to it, pulling it together For a moment, it looked like that would work Then the threads slid froateway never formed

"The other weaves I’ve tried all work," Evin said, ateways," Canler said with a grunt

"It’s like…" E wants to keep us here In the Black Tower"

"Try them in other places inside the perimeter," Androl said "But try not to let any of Tai, as Tai toward the east Androl left the glade Norley was standing beside the road, looking about for him The short, thick-waisted Cairhienin man waved and approached Androls Androl had put to good use

"You spoke with Mezar?" Androl asked

"Sure did," Norley replied "Shared a lunch with hi a group of soldiers practicing their weaves The golden-haired man turned away dismissively

"And?" Androl asked, tense

"It’s not really Mezar," Norley said "Oh, it has Mezar’s face, right enough But it’s not hi is, it has Mezar’sAll wrong"

Androl shivered "It has to be him, Norley"

"It ain’t I promise you that"

"But--"

"It just ain’t," the stout man said

Androl took a deep breath When Mezar had returned a few days back--explaining that Logain ell and that all would soon be resolved with Taiun to hope that there was a way out of thishad seereat show of accepting Mezar as a full Asha’on had raised hi his ti bad, Androl," Norley said softly, s men "I’d say it’s tiainst orders"

"We’d never get past those guard posts," Androl said "Taim won’t even let those Aes Sedai leave; you heard the fit that pluuard at night, and gateways don’t work"

"Well, we have to do soain? What then?"

"I…" I don’t know "Go talk to the others who are loyal to Logain I’ to move us to a shared barrack Theive uard at nights"