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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] orders [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] and [Rhuarc] to hang [Mangin] tomorrow, then he leaves for his school. [Jalani] and [Dedric], a [Red Shield|Red Shields] of the [Jaern Rift] [Codarra], follow him. He is alone except for them and, of course, [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] and [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] whispering about [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle]. [Rand|Rand alThor] established the [School of Cairhien] in the late Lord [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred]' palace a mile from the [Sun Palace]. The head of the school, [Idrien Tarsin], is waiting for him when he arrives. Even his school has spies. There are all sorts of inventions - an improved paper making process, an improved printing press and a six furrow plow. [Kin Tovere] is building a telescope to look at the stars. [Idrien|Idrien Tarsin] built the huge crossbow used in the siege of [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. There is a gas lamp and a hot air balloon. [Mervin Poel] is working on a steam engine. [Rand|Rand alThor] goes upstairs to visit [Herid Fel] in his study. As [Jalani] and [Dedric] accompany him, he realizes that they like each other. In his study, [Rand|Rand alThor] asks [Herid|Herid Fel] about the [Warder|Warder] bond. [Herid|Herid Fel] says he does not think it can be broken. [Rand|Rand alThor] then asks if he has learned any more about what [Tarmon Gai'don|Creator] will be. [Herid|Herid Fel] says it will not really be the Last Battle. Because the Wheel of Time turns, there will come a time again when the [Dark One|ShaiTan]'s prison is whole and no one even remembers him. No one can do what the [Creator] did, yet somehow the prison will get back to the way it was in the [Age of Legends]. [Rand|Rand alThor] then asks if there is any reason to break the [seals|Seals]. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] chants for [Rand|Rand alThor] to break the [seals|Seals].

! __Egwene__ POV

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] is with the [Wise Ones|Aiel] when [Aviendha] arrives, but [Amys], [Bair] and [Melaine] summon her into a meeting and exclude [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. Instead, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] goes to the [Sun Palace] to see [Rand|Rand alThor]. She gets lost in the palace and runs into [Sorilea]. [Sorilea] tells her that [Rand|Rand alThor] went to his school. The [Wise Ones|Aiel] seem very fond of [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag].[1] Thinking of [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] makes her think of [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] and she blushes. Interpreting her blush correctly, [Sorilea] begins probing about what man holds her interest. She asks if it is [Sanduin] or a bunch of others. She takes [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to [Rand|Rand alThor]'s quarters and leaves. [Niella], [Aviendha]'s first sister is there. A weaver who was taken %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%, she is changing linens. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] asks if she knows why the [Wise Ones|Aiel] want to talk to [Aviendha], but [Niella] becomes angry and refuses to discuss it. She leaves. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] eventually returns. He still has the [Dragon Scepter] and she again wonders where he got it.[2] She asks him to help convince the [Wise Ones|Aiel] to let her resume her "studies." She can bring him messages from [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] then. [Rand|Rand alThor] says he will help if she tells him where [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is. When she refuses, [Rand|Rand alThor] tries to use his %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%% effect and it almost works. She leaves in anger. She is desperate to return to %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% "legally" so she can meet with [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. She wonders why [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] and the others have not yet approached [Rand|Rand alThor].[3]
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! __Rand__ POV

After the door closes [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks how much [Egwene|Egwene alVere] has changed. He feels more distant from her. He prepares for meetings with the [Cairhienin|Cairhien (Country)], [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan], [Maringil] and [Dobraine|Dobraine Taborwin], [Tairens|Tear (Country)] [Meilan|Meilan Mendiana] and [Aracome], and [Timolan|timolan] and the other clan chiefs. He likes not having a coterie of [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] around him.
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! __Sulin__ POV

[Sulin] is annoyed at having to keep track of [Rand|Rand alThor] from a distance. She would set [Enaila] and [Somara] on him if they were here. She thinks nothing must happen to the only son of a [Maiden|Maidens of the Spear] to come back to them.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] This seems a bit odd and is never explained.
\\[#2] [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Aviendha] kept their excursion to [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] very close. ([TFoH,Ch32])
\\[#3] Their embassy is on the way.
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