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tales had to be inflated; rumor always exaggerated—but Egwene's toes wanted to curl under with fright whenever she thought of them. A man channeling saidin, at least, and a lot stronger than Eben or me. The sign of House Trakand is a silver keystone. A Wise One, he thought, though there was no real way to tell at sight.

He intended to see Sammael dead this day, but if he could do it without killing anyone else. When he finally spoke, it was only a little less blunt than Rand. She thought any Aes Sedai who ever lived would have been proud to control her features as well as she did right then. Perrin shrugged uncomfortably.