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! __Elayne__ POV

[Nalesean|Nalesean Aldiaya] misunderstands [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s shouting and thinks he found the [Bowl|Bowl of the Winds]. He rushes back to the [Tarasin Palace] and reports to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] stayed behind to watch. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] goes to [Merilille Ceandevin], [Vandene|Vandene Namelle], [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle], [Sareitha|Sareitha Tomares] and [Careane|Careane Fransi] of the [Green Ajah], but they are not happy at the news. The [Aes Sedai] are mad at [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] for endangering a two thousand year secret.[1] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is eighteen. [Merilille|Merilille Ceandevin]'s maid, [Pol], enters with a message, via [Tylin|Tylin Quintara], from [Carridin|Jaichim Carridin]: news that [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] is alive and with [Niall|Pedron Niall], offering to take [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to [Amador]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thinks it is a lie and is really angry. She takes over the [Aes Sedai] and is surprised when they acquiesce to her.[2] [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] explains that [Aes Sedai] defer to the strongest once that is established. She continues to explain the [Kin]. During the [Trolloc Wars], women who were kicked out of the [Tower|White Tower] migrated to [Barashta] where the [Rahad] is now. [Eharon] was less affected than most nations, but in the end [Barashta] fell as completely as [Barsine|Jaramide] or [Shaemal|Coremanda]. They think there are only about fifty of them. The [Kin] help runaways, so the [Aes Sedai] know to watch the [Kin] and [Ebou Dar] to find the runaways and return them to the [White Tower]. The [Aes Sedai] break up other such groups. The last was the [Daughters of Silence] about two hundred years ago - twenty-three [channelers|True Source] led by two former [Accepted]. The five [Aes Sedai] now follow [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. She tells them something the about [Kin].[3]
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! __Moghedien__ POV

She is in a sedan chair with compulsed bearers riding through [Ebou Dar][4] when she spots [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] gets on a boat. [Moghedien] goes to the roof of an inn, [The Oarsman's Pride|The Oarsmans Pride], for a better view. She is fearful that she is veering from her instructions. She wears black and red, [Moridin]'s colors. [Moghedien] is okay at [Compulsion|Weaves], but not great. As she [balefires|Weaves] [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s boat, pigeons startle her causing her to cut the boat diagonally in half instead of destroying the passenger cabin. She hopes [Moridin] might forgive/ignore her independent action and heads back for [Falion|Falion Bhoda] and [Ispan|Ispan Shefar].[4]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] The [Kin] do not know that the [Aes Sedai] know about them and secretly use them.
\\[#2] This is a minor error. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is well aware of [Aes Sedai] precedence and even used it to take [Aviendha] away from other [Aes Sedai] in [LoC,Ch40].
\\[#3] Probably that they know where the %%ot *[angreal|Angreal]%% stash is located.
\\[#4] In [TPoD,Ch2] [Moridin] seems disdainful of the %%ot *[angreal|Angreal]%% stash so it is not at all clear why [Moghedien] is in [Ebou Dar] in the first place. Maybe just to fetch [Falion|Falion Bhoda] and [Ispan|Ispan Shefar]?
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