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I doubt anyone thought I would return—so soon. So that was why Havien was grinning like a madman; he had recognized the woman. Lini and Breane stood in the middle of the room looking at Tier. None of the other Aes Sedai showed any signs of giving way to emotion, and Merilille certainly was of sterner stuff.

Rand felt a' prickle of irritation; she should have known he would protect her from692A-CROWN OF SWORDSbeing bothered. Push spears! Among the churning algai'd'siswai she could not make out any of the fools who had tied a bit of red cloth around their temples and named themselves siswai'aman. He insisted on accepting the strange, impossible tales that had seeped even into the Fortress. It's mine, burn you.