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! __Nynaeve__ POV

At the [Tarasin Palace], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] and [Aviendha] have rooms off a common sitting room. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] wears [Merada|Other Locations] lace and has one of the [twisted ring] %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] have rooms in the servants' quarters. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] and [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] introduce them to [Merilille Ceandevin], but then quickly dismiss them so the "real" [Aes Sedai] can talk. [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] supposedly intend to look for [White Tower] runaways.[1] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is also a nuisance, but their main task is to find the weather %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] compares [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s avoidance of [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] to a [Cheltan|Birgitte Trahelion] flinching from the tax collector.[2] They all noticed that [Ebou Dari|Ebou Dar] typically have dark hair and black eyes. 

A servant comes and summons [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] to see Queen [Tylin|Tylin Quintara]. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] and [Aviendha] decide to go out and do some scouting. As they walk through the palace, they see [Jaichim Carridin]. The servant tells them the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] sent an embassy months ago. [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] is skeptical that they are [Aes Sedai]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] is twenty-six. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is eighteen. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] apologizes for [Gareth Bryne]'s army and says it is headed out of [Altara]. This puts them in [Tylin|Tylin Quintara]'s good grace. [Tylin|Tylin Quintara]'s [Aes Sedai] advisor, [Cavandra], left to return to the [White Tower] when it split. She tells them the [White Tower] sent [Joline|Joline Maza] and [Teslyn|Teslyn Baradon] as an embassy. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] asks her why she tolerates [Carridin|Jaichim Carridin]. [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] says her position is precarious so she must listen to all callers. [Pedron Niall] could invade [Altara] anytime he wants as he did in the [Whitecloak War]. She wants her son, [Beslan], to succeed her to the [Throne of the Winds|Altara]. He is [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s age. [Anarina] of House [Todande|Altara] was a previous ruler. Since [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] bared her soul, [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] tells her about their search for the weather %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%. [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] says the area they describe sounds like the [Rahad]. [Beslan] comes in and introductions are made, then he leaves. [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] asks if they can explain why the bay is full of [Sea Folk] ships. As they head back to their apartments, [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] bets that they will find it in ten days.[3]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] True, because of the [Kin].
\\[#2] [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] cannot let go the references to her earlier lives.
\\[#3] It will actually take them over a month. They will not lay hands on it until [ACoS,Ch37].
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