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! __Perrin__ POV

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] watches through the morning as the [So Habor] people winnow the grain and his carters load their wagons. [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] and [Annoura|Annoura Larisen] chide him for wanting to save everyone. [Seonid|Seonid Traighan] and [Masuri|Masuri Sokawa], with [Furen|Furen Alharra], [Teryl|Teryl Wynter] and [Rovair|Rovair Kirklin], hassle him about staying until he threatens to send [Edarra] to bring them back. [Latian] reports that [Balwer|Sebban Balwer]'s friend is out of town for the day. They will stay behind to meet him.[1] The winnowing will take more than a day. 

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] cannot stand waiting to hear if [Gaul] and the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] got news of [Faile|Zarine Bashere], so about noon he returns to his camp with [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag], the [Mayeners|Mayene],[2] the [Two Rivers] men,[3] the [Aes Sedai] and [Neald|Fager Neald]. [Kireyin|kireyin] and his troops stay to guard the carters. 

Back at his camp, many of the [Two Rivers] men are using the stools that [Ban Crawe|Bandry Crawe] made. [Dannil|Dannil Lewin], [Sulin] and [Edarra] approach from the [Aiel] tents. [Dannil|Dannil Lewin] reports that the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] brought in five [Shaido] [Stone Dogs]. [Arganda|Gerard Arganda] took them to question. [Masema|Masema Dagar] is with him. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] turns [Stayer] over to [Dannil|Dannil Lewin], then goes to the [Ghealdanin|Ghealdan] part of the camp. [Hari] is torturing one of the [Shaido] with hot coals while [Aram], [Masema|Masema Dagar] and [Arganda|Gerard Arganda] watch. [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag], the [Aes Sedai] and their [Warder] join the crowd. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] kicks off the coals and tries to question the [Shaido], but the man just sings. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] chops off the man's hand with his axe, then commands [Seonid|Seonid Traighan] to [Heal|Weaves#h] the stump. He tells the [Shaido] that he will leave them as quadriplegic beggars if they do not answer his questions, then he walks out of the camp. Even [Masema|Masema Dagar] is shocked at what he did. 

Out in the woods, he throws away his axe. [Elyas|Elyas Machera] comes up and they talk. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] admits that he started liking the axe, feeling truly alive only in battle. It started with [Gaul], then fighting [Trollocs] in the [Two Rivers], then at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells]. He likens his feeling to how [Grady|Jur Grady] and [Neald|Fager Neald] describe the [One Power]. [Elyas|Elyas Machera] tells him that it is just excitement, not real liking. He knows from experience. [Neald|Fager Neald] and [Aram] find [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. The [Shaido] talked, but they really knew nothing. [Aram] says they must be killed, but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] says to guard them. They return to camp leaving his axe behind.

Three days later the last of the carts returns from [So Habor]. [Balwer|Sebban Balwer] also returns accompanied by [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor].[4] He arrived at [So Habor] just before they left. He has been searching for [Maighdin|Morgase Trakand] since he left the party, but the [Shaido] moved too fast for him. [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] reports that he made contact with a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] army of fifteen thousand that is also hunting the [Shaido]. They are mostly [Tarabon] and they have a dozen %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% with them. It is like taking help from the [Dark One|ShaiTan], but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] agrees.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] There is no more word on who this "friend" is or what information he might possess.
\\[#2] Led by [Gallenne|Bertain Gallenne]
\\[#3] Including [Wil al'Seen], [Tod al'Caar] and [Flann Barstere]
\\[#4] And presumably [Latian] and [Medore|Medore Damara]
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