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Byar froze He seeotten that until this et away," Perrin said, "so that you could kill wene and me dead very badly"

"Is this true, Child Byar?" Galad asked

Byar stumbled "Of course…of course not I…" Suddenly, he spun and turned to Morgase atop her siment "This trial is not about me, but hie, woman!"

"You should not speak to my mother so," Galad said quietly His face was i very troubled, had sat back down and was holding his head with his hand

"No, it is all right," Morgase said "He is right This trial is about Perrin Aybara" She turned froard Perrin He looked back cal "Lord Aybara Do you feel you have spoken adequately for yourself?"

"I was protecting myself and my friends," Perrin said "The Whitecloaks had no authority to do as they did, ordering us out, threatening us You know their reputation as well as any, I suspect We had good reason to be wary of them and disobey their orders It wasn’t ase nodded "I willothers speak for Perrin?" Faile dease said "So far as I can tell, the only other person we could intervieould be Egwene al’Vere, which doesn’t seem within the reasonable bounds of this trial"

"But--"

"It is enough," Morgase interrupted, voice growing cold "We could have a dozen Children name him Darkfriend and two dozen of his followers laud his virtues Neither would serve this trial We are speaking of specific events, on a specific day"

Faile fell silent, though she s back down Perrin felt…regretful He had presented the truth But he wasn’t satisfied

He hadn’t wanted to kill those Whitecloaks, but he had And he’d done it in a frenzy, without control He could blame the wolves, he could blame the Whitecloaks, but the honest truth was that he had lost control When he’d awoken, he’d barely remease said "I can see it in your eyes"

"Do what you uilty"

"No!" Faile screamed "How dare you! He took you in!"

Perrin put a hand on her shoulder She’d been reaching for her sleeve by reflex, ai to do with how I personally feel about Perrin," Morgase said "This is a trial by Andoran law Well, the law is very clear Perrin may feel that the wolves were his friends, but the law states that athe a man in retribution is even more so I can quote the very statutes to you if you wish"

The pavilion was silent Neald had risen halfway from his chair, but Perrin met his eyes and shook his head The Aes Sedai and Wise Ones wore faces that betrayed nothing Berelain looked resigned, and dark-haired Alliandre had one hand to her mouth

Dannil and Azi al’Thone moved up to Perrin and Faile, and Perrin did not force them to back down

"What does this ment!"

Other Whitecloaks stood, and this time Perrin couldn’t stare down all those on his side who did likewise

"I have not passed sentence yet," Morgase said, voice crisp