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Now, daughter, Egwene said. Nynaeve and I are Aes Sedai, and Aviendha might as well be. She knuckled a tear from the corner of her eye. The principle of the thing was wrong: three maids when there was not enough silver to pay the army halfway to Tar Valon, serv

Not open agreement, not with any acknowledgment that Alviarin bore a shred more influence or power than a Keeper should, but if Alviarin opposed. No, she danced. Each intended to be the one in charge, of course, the one those reports came to first, for being first to know had advantages. And very hard.