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That freedom would cost Perrin too much He’d lose Faile, would lose his very self He didn’t want to be a wolf He wanted to be a man "Is there a way to reverse what has happened to o backas not a way of wolves
"Can I…" Perrin struggled to explain "Can I run so far that the wolves cannot hear me?"
Hopper sees that caHopper could conceive
Perrin’s ? He had to finish Master Luhhan would be disappointed! Those lu else, shoas capable He could forge Couldn’t he?
A hissing came from beside hi barrels beside the hearth was boiling Of course, he thought The first pieces I finished I dropped thes and reached into the turbulent water, stea at the bottos: a chunk of white-hot low faded The chunk was actually a surine in the shape of a tall, thin ure was detailed, the ruffles of the shirt, the leather bands on the hilt of the tiny sword But the face was distorted, the ht His name was Aram
Perrin couldn’t show this to Master Luhhan! Why had he created such a thing?
The figurine’ssoundlessly Perrin cried out, dropping it frourine fell to the wood floor and shattered
Why do you think so much about that one? Hopper yawned a wide-jaolf yawn, tongue curling It is coes the pack leader He was foolish, and you defeated him
"No," Perrin whispered "It is not coe suddenlysmoke It felt natural for that to happen Outside, Perrin saw an open, daylit street A city with broken-ed shops
"Malden," Perrin said
A se wore no coat; his bare ared with muscles He kept his beard short, but it made him look older, ? A squat fortress of ahalf- about that axe Perrin stepped out of the sh the shadowy version of hie, axe heavy in his hand, work clothes vanishing and battle gear replacing it
He took off running Yes, this was Malden There were Aiel in the streets He’d lived this battle, though he was much calhting and of seeking Faile He stopped in the street "This is wrong I carried my hammer into Malden I threw the axe away"
A horn or a hoof, Young Bull, does itin the sunlit street beside him
"Yes It matters It does to me"
And yet you use them the same way