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"I’ll find us a gateway," Mat said firmly "Maybe Verin will come back and release me from this bloody oath"

"Best that one stays away," Tho off about that one"

"She’s Aes Sedai," Mat said "There’s so off about them all--like dice where the pips don’t add up--but for an Aes Sedai, I kind of like Verin And I’e of character, you know that"

Thom raised an eyebrow Mat scowled back

"Either way," Thouards with you when you visit the city"

"Guards won’t help against the gholas who juhts back?"

Mat shivered "At least those were just good, honest thieves They only wanted my purse, nice and natural Not a one had a picture of me in their pockets And it’s not like they were twisted by the Dark One’s power to go crazy at sunset or anything"

"Still," Thou soldiers with him A few Redarms, anyway

The camp was just ahead One of Elayne’s clerks, a ranted the Band perree to allow no iven day, and had to caue froes and not on anyone’s far to that clerk meant Elayne knew Mat was here She had to But she had sent no greetings, no acknowledgment that she owed Mat her skin

At a bend in the road, Tho by the side Gufrin, sergeant of a squad, stood and saluted He was a sturdy, broad-shouldered ht, but keen eyed

"Lord Mat!" he said

"Any news, Gufrin?" Mat asked

The sergeant frowned to hiht want to know" Light! The man spoke more slowly than a drunk Seanchan "The Aes Sedai came back to camp today While you ay, my Lord"