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Light! she thought Did I hurt him? I shouldn’t have barreled into that I could have--

"They’re gone," Naeff said "The Fades…I can’t see the in the shadows anyway? If I could see the "What did you do?"

"I…I think I just Healed yourto it What she’d done hadn’t been any standard Healing, and hadn’t even used Healing weaves But it had worked, it see bewildered He took her hand with both of his, then knelt before her, growing teary-eyed "Forwatched As if I would be murdered the moment I turned o find Nelavaire"

"Off with you, then," Nynaeve said Naeff left her in a dash, running back toward the Stone to search out his Aes Sedai

I can’t letI do matters That’s what the Dark One wants As she watched Naeff hasten away, she noticed that the clouds above were breaking Rand had returned

Workers began clearing away the rubble of buildings that had half turned to dust, and Nynaeve ended up speaking soothingly to the worried Tairens who began to cluster around the perimeter She didn’t want there to be a panic; she assured everyone that the danger was past, and then she asked to meet with any fa this--talking softly with a thin, worried wo a high-necked dress with three aprons and a straw hat Her husband had worked in the inn Nynaeve had entered The woround that had been the cellar

After awith his aruarded him, a pair of wo with the Tairen, but the woman’s tearful eyes wrenched her heart Hoould she react, if she lost Lan?

Light protect him Please, please protect him, she prayed She unhooked her coin pouch and sent the woman off with it Perhaps that would help

Rand stepped up to Nynaeve "You care for my people Thank you"

"I care for any who need it," Nynaeve said

"As you’ve always done," Rand said "Along with caring for so an eyebrow

"No, I’ve always needed it That andshe’d ever expected hiotten rid of that old cloak? It was faded and dull

"This istoward the hole in the city

"Rand, don’t be a fool"

"I don’t know if anyone can avoid being a fool at times," he said "I bla off the confrontation with his turned to dust?"

"Yes," Nynaeve said "Their substance was re crumbled the moment we touched it"