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Aue softly She raised her hand and a striped stole--an Amyrlin’s stole--appeared in it "I suppose you should be wearing this, then"

Egwene let out a soft, slow breath It was remarkable to her, sometimes, how much stock she put in the opinions of these wo it around her shoulders

"Sorilea will dislike this news," Bair said, shaking her head "She still had a hope that you would leave those fools in the White Tower and return to us"

"Please take care," Egwene said, su herself a cup of tea "I am not only one of those fools, ht say"

Bair hesitated "I have toh"

"Not for speaking the truth," Egwene assured her "Many of them are fools, but are we not all fools at some point? You did not abandonTel’aran’rhiod In like manner, I cannot abandon those of the White Tower"

Awene al’Vere"

That sent a thrill through Egwene "I had row My life has been difficult of late"

"When confronted by a collapsed roof," Bair said, "soer for the process Others will go to visit their brother’s hold and drink his water"

"Have you seen Rand recently?" Egwene asked

"The Car’a’carn has e to be as strong as the stones, and has instead achieved the strength of the wind"

Bair nodded "Al hiave no hint of her shock She’d expected them to be displeased with Rand "I wish you to know the respect I have for you You haveme in as you did I think that the only reason I see farther than ht h"

"It was a si," Amys said, obviously pleased "One that any woman would have done"

"There are few pleasuresa cord soht again However, if the cord is not of good ave us fine wene al’Vere"

"I wish that there were a way," Egwene said, "to train more sisters in the ways of the Wise Ones"

"You could send the We wouldn’t coddle thes she’d taken had been "coddling"? That was a fight she didn’t want to join, however The Aiel would always assu that assuwene said carefully "But what --to study with you That was part of whywas so effective; I wasn’t yet set in the ways of the Aes Sedai"