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What information had Elayne requested of the wo specific The question distracted her as Norry went over the daily reports on the various armies in the area There was a list of altercations between sell-sword groups

He also talked of food probleateways to Rand’s lands to the south for supply--and despite the caches of unexpected food stores that had been discovered in the city--Caeuests," Norry said "Messengers have arrived with the anticipated responses"

None of the three Houses whose nobility had been captured could afford to pay ranso the most productive and extensive in Andor--and now they were destitute, their coffers dry, their fields barren And Elayne had left two of theht, what a reeing to move several companies of soldiers from the Band of the Red Hand to Cairhien She ordered Norry to send hi the soldiers to "lend aid restoring order" That was, of course, nonsense No order needed to be restored But if Elayne was ever going to move for the Sun Throne, she’d need to make some preliminary moves in that direction

"This is what I wanted to discuss, Elayne," Dyelin said as Norry began to pack up his papers, arranging each one with es tore or got a stain on it

"The situation in Cairhien is…complex," Dyelin said

"When is it not?" Elayne asked with a sigh "You’ve information on the political climate there?"

"It’s a oing to e the maintenance of two nations, one in absence"

"We have gateways," Elayne said

"True But youit look as if Andor is subsuht accept you as their queen, but only if they see themselves as equals to the Andorans Otherwise, the row like yeast in a warm bowl of water"

"They will be the equals of the Andorans," Elayne said

"They won’t see it that way if you go in with your armies," Dyelin said "The Cairhienin are a proud people To think of the conquered beneath Andor’s Crown…"

"They lived beneath Rand’s power"

"With all due respect, Elayne," Dyelin said "He is the Dragon Reborn You are not"

Elayne frowned, but how did one argue with that?

Master Norry cleared his throat "Your Majesty, Lady Dyelin’s advice is not born of idle speculation I, u of your interests in Cairhien…"

He’d been growing better at gathering inforular spymaster yet!