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Neither of them looked away The others in the roowene to hear the faint breeze wene said "But this is not ended, Rand"

"There are no endings, Egwene," he replied, then nodded to her and turned to walk fro his left hand! How had that happened?

The sisters and Warders reluctantly parted for hiht!" Silviana said "How could you think during that, Mother?"

"What?" Egwene looked about the Hall Many of the Sitters were slurippeda hand to her breast, "squeezing it tight I didn’t dare speak"

"I tried to speak," Yukiri said "My mouth wouldn’tas that…I felt that it would crush me from the inside"

"How did you resist it, Mother?" Silviana asked

Egwene frowned She hadn’t felt that way Perhaps because she thought of him as Rand "We need to discuss his words The Hall of the Toill reconvene in one hour’s time for discussion" That conversation would be Sealed to the Hall "And someone follow toso," Chubain said from outside

The Sitters pulled themselves to their feet, shaken Silviana leaned down "You’re right, Mother He can’t be allowed to break the seals But what are we to do? If you won’t hold hiwene said "There’s so about him I…I had the sense he could have broken that shield without a struggle"

"Then hoe stop hiwene said She took a deep breath "He ht be forced to change his roup united to stop him

It was now more vital that she speak with Elayne and Nynaeve

Chapter 4

The Pattern Groans

"What is it?" Perrin asked, trying to ignore the sharp scent of rotting round should be littered with theroup at the side of the Jehannah Road, looking northward across a rolling plain with few trees The grass was brown and yellow, as in other places, but it grew darker farther away from the road, as if infected with some disease

"I’ve seen this before," Seonid said The die of the road, turning the leaf of a sreen wool, fine but unorna

Thunder rumbled softly above Six Wise Ones stood behind Seonid, ar the Wise Ones--or their two Aes Sedai apprentices--to stay behind He was probably lucky they let hi as she knelt and took the leaf froirl; my father felt it important for me to see This looks like what I saw there"

Perrin had been to the Blight only once, but the look of those dark specks was indeed distinctive A redjay fluttered down to one of the distant trees and began picking at branches and leaves, but found nothing of interest and took wing again