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! __Mat__ POV

[Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is worried about the dice. He is ready to go out with [Olver], but [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] appears with a maid, [Riselle]. [Riselle] takes [Olver] to the [Festival of Birds|Calendar], though [Olver] would rather go to the rich races at the [Circuit of Heaven]. [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] forces [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] into bed. She leaves him a festival eagle mask. 

[Mat|Matrim Cauthon] meets [Nalesean|Nalesean Aldiaya] and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] in a courtyard and [Beslan] joins them with six friends. A group of fake beggars attack them; one named [Spar] works for [Old Cully]. Real beggars attack the fake ones. They go on to the tavern by the [Kin] house. [Beslan]'s friends get bored and leave. [Beslan] thinks [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is good for [Tylin|Tylin Quintara]! His father died ten years ago. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is so upset he gets up to go for a walk shouting that "they'll have to find it for themselves." Just then a woman leaves the [Kin] house and he follows her.
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! __Reanne Corly__ POV

[Reanne|Reanne Corly] watches [Solain|Solain Morgeillin] walk down the street. She sees [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] but does not know him or worry about him. She felt compelled to send [Solain|Solain Morgeillin] this morning; she has felt it for the last few days.[1] Normally the order[2] is given at the half moon, still five nights off.[3] There is a meeting of the twelve Elders of whom she is the Eldest.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] The effect of [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] being %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%%.
\\[#2] To go check on the %%ot *[angreal|Angreal]%% stash.
\\[#3] Early printings read "six nights off". This is being corrected to agree with the timeline in [ACoS,Ch38].
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