09/03/2026 01:10

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It was hardly the sort of woods she remembered from near Baerlon; there were not many real forests anywhere close to the city of Cairhien. Lini, you forget yourself! You stopped being my nurse a long—! Morgase drew a deep breath and softened her tone. Coat-less in a cream silk blouse, Min lay curled around him protectively, atop the linen sheet that covered him to the neck. Tod al'Caar, a year younger than Perrin, let out a long breath, as if seeing what lay below for the first time.

A very nicely rounded sight indeed, yet the more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Veils and shoufa hid heads and faces, and cadin 'sor was cadin 'sor aside from the differences of cut that marked clan and sept and society. At last a people would come to him without fighting every step of the way, or splitting apart like the Aiel. A man channeling saidin, at least, and a lot stronger than Eben or me.