08/02/2026 02:52

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The Pattern takes everything into the weaving. On the day Rand left, Tam gave him a letter he said might get Rand taken into the army of Illian, and hugged him, and said, I've never had another son, or wanted another. The wind did not touch the heavy fog, only the banner. I have heard the Andoran royal line has almost Aiel coloring in their hair and eyes.

The weak sun climbed as they rode, and by the time it was overhead, they were only a mile or so from the spire. Elayne seemed taken aback, and interested, too. The tall man with the shaven head who had stepped into the room wore a long, trailing blue robe, and his fingernails were so long that Rand wondered if he could handle anything. A man, Ingtar snorted.