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! __ Verin Mathwin__ POV

After [Rand|Rand alThor] leaves, [Verin|Verin Mathwin] thinks that she warned [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] that [Rand|Rand alThor] was dangerous over a year ago. She thinks [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] is [stilled|stilling] and dead. She does not know what happened to [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], but she is probably dead, too. Now her seventy years of delicate work might go for naught because of [Rand|Rand alThor], but she has been through too much to be dismayed.[1] This is not her first time to confront a man who could [channel|True Source].[2] She really wants to know where [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is.[3] [Verin|Verin Mathwin] asks a serving maid, [Azril], to get tea with brandy for the girls to calm them down. She and [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] order the girls, [Bodewhin Cauthon], [Larine Ayellin], [Jancy Torfinn], and [Elle][4] to go upstairs to bed. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] weaves [Illusion|Weaves] with [Air|One Power] and [Fire|One Power] to encourage them.[5] [Tomas] helps calm down Master [Dilham]. 

[Ihvon] keeps an eye on [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani]. He has been particularly solicitous of her since [Owein]'s death. It took [Verin|Verin Mathwin] ten years to get over [Balinor]'s death and bond [Tomas].[6] [Verin|Verin Mathwin] and [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] go back to the private dining room to discuss the events. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] manipulates [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] carefully. She has no intention of leaving either the girls or [Rand|Rand alThor]. She asks [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] if she can get any more information out of her eyes-and-ears contact about the [White Tower]. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] says no. The message was that all loyal sisters are to return to the [White Tower]. All is forgiven. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] asks why [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] bonded [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] replies that she thinks all three boys should have been bonded long ago[7] then she looks embarrassed. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] recalls that [Faile|Zarine Bashere] threatened to kill her if she bonded [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] evidently did not know the consequences of such an action.[8] [Verin|Verin Mathwin] thinks bonding without permission has not been done in hundreds of years,[9] but she has broken a few customs herself.[10] They are both astounded at how strong [Rand|Rand alThor] is. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] proposes a plan with lots of questions. What about [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]? What about the rebels? How should they use [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani]'s bond? [Verin|Verin Mathwin] knows the exact answer to some of the questions. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] may not like some of the answers, so [Verin|Verin Mathwin] will not let her know until it is too late to change them.[11]
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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] rides [Jeade'en|JeadeEn (Rand)] back to the [Royal Palace] at a gallop.[12] He can feel [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] and [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] laughs at him. From the [Grand Hall|Royal Palace] he [Travels|Weaves] to the farm, but he can still feel her. [Sora Grady] watches his arrival. [Taim|Mazrim Taim] is giving a lesson to his seven students. Only [Jur Grady], [Damer Flinn], [Eben Hopwil] and [Fedwin Morr] are left from the first testing. One of the new recruits is [Jonan Adley]. They are using the [One Power] to blow up rocks with [Fire|One Power] and [Earth|One Power] and to shield themselves. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks [Taim|Mazrim Taim] where [Henre Haslin] is. He has been teaching recruits the sword. He was Master of the Sword for the [Queen's Guards|Caemlyn] until [Gaebril|Rahvin] fired him. [Taim|Mazrim Taim] sent him away because he thinks swords are a waste of time. [Taim|Mazrim Taim] is lousy with a sword himself. [Rand|Rand alThor] insists that he bring [Henre Haslin] back. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Taim|Mazrim Taim] about the [Aes Sedai] and tells him that [Caemlyn] is off limits to his recruits. [Taim|Mazrim Taim] offers to kill them. [Rand|Rand alThor] is concerned about the few recruits and the slowness of their training. [Taim|Mazrim Taim] replies that some will probably die as it is because he is pushing them so fast.[13] [Taim|Mazrim Taim] wants to [Travel|Weaves] to villages for recruits. Volunteers who do not pass he will send on to [Rand|Rand alThor] to build his own army. He does not trust [Bashere|Davram Bashere] or the "so-called [Aiel]."[14] [Taim|Mazrim Taim] wagers that he can find more recruits in a day by his method than they currently find in a month. [Rand|Rand alThor] agrees.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] We learn about her delicate project in [TGS,Ch39].
\\[#2] Is she thinking of her earlier encounters with [Rand|Rand alThor] or has she met another man who could [channel|True Source]?
\\[#3] Both [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] and [Verin|Verin Mathwin] seem very concerned with [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]. Why?
\\[#4] Others are [Hilde Barran], [Jerilin al'Caar], [Marisa Ahan], [Emry Lewin], [Elise Marwin], [Darea Candwin], [Susa al'Seen] and [Marce Eldin]. ([LoC,Ch10])
\\[#5] [Verin|Verin Mathwin]'s casual recognition and naming of the weave strongly implies that this form of [Illusion|Weaves] is common knowledge among [Aes Sedai]. Also see [LoC,Ch49].
\\[#6] In early printings this incorrectly reads [Ihvon] implying that [Balinor] was [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani]'s [Warder|Warder]. This is corrected in more recent printings.
\\[#7] The bond gives the [Aes Sedai] some measure of control over her [Warder|Warder]. The [Aes Sedai] would then have been able to directly control the three boys. She has no idea that the control will not work on [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([TPoD,Ch12])
\\[#8] A [Warder|Warder] usually dies shortly after his [Aes Sedai].
\\[#9] Obviously she has no idea about [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] bonding [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion].
\\[#10] She has indeed! ([TPoD,Prologue], [TGS,Ch39])
\\[#11] More of [Verin|Verin Mathwin]'s mysterious skullduggery. Is she going to take advantage of [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani]'s current state to use her [Compulsion|Weaves]? ([TPoD,Prologue])
\\[#12] The context implies that he is rushing to try to escape [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani].
\\[#13] How does [Taim|Mazrim Taim] know so much about training if he has only trained one other man himself?
\\[#14] The "so-called [Aiel]" line seems to be a tag line for [Forsaken]. Where would [Taim|Mazrim Taim] pick this up? See the discussion in the [FAQ, Section 1.5.6|http://steelypips.org/wot-tgs/node/67].
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