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! __Rand__ POV

The next morning [Sulin] helps [Rand|Rand alThor] into his red silk coat.[1] [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] says he will kill [Demandred] first then [Sammael]. [Demandred] wanted [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle]. [Rand|Rand alThor] is concerned that [Min|Min Farshaw] is not there yet. She is at the [Wise Ones|Aiel]' tents with [Sorilea]. He wants her to [view|viewings] the [Aes Sedai] when he meets with them. He sends [Sulin] to the [Wise Ones|Aiel]' tents to find her. He can feel that [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] is another day closer. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] goes to the [Grand Hall|Sun Palace] and soon [Chiad] enters to announce the [Aes Sedai]. [Coiren|Coiren Saeldain], [Galina|Galina Casban], and [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] enter accompanied by a dozen serving girls with treasure chests. [Rand|Rand alThor] feels himself shielded and realizes the serving girls are really [Aes Sedai]. Five are too young to look [ageless|Ageless][2] and the rest kept their heads down. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] flees screaming. [Galina|Galina Casban] takes over and tells [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] to take the [Dragon Scepter] as a souvenir. 
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! __Bain__ POV

As the [Aes Sedai] leave the [Grand Hall|Sun Palace], [Galina|Galina Casban] tells [Bain] that [Rand|Rand alThor] has left. She and [Chiad] go to look for him but cannot find him.
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! __Perrin__ POV

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] watches as [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and [Loial] play stones. He decided to stay by her side today hoping that [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] will stay away, but [Faile|Zarine Bashere] still ignores him. [Nandera] enters looking for [Rand|Rand alThor]. She tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] that he sometimes disappears like this.
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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] is in a small room that is really a cage.[3] He has been there long enough to feel hungry. He is still sore from being carried in one of the treasure chests. [Galina|Galina Casban] arrives with a servant bringing him food. There are six [Aes Sedai] holding his shield. There are twelve in total who rotate, all new faces to him. He can feel six soft points on the shield. He chides himself for forgetting [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s advice and letting [Aes Sedai] get too close to him. He hopes [Amys] or [Bair][4] or some other [Wise One|Aiel] who can [channel|True Source] will happen by and notice all the [channeling|True Source] going on in the house.

! __Sorilea__ POV

[Sorilea] can detect [channeling|True Source] at the house where the [Aes Sedai] are staying, but she pays it no mind as there is always [channeling|True Source] going on in there.[5] She is the oldest living [Wise One|Aiel]. She suspects something is wrong. [Min|Min Farshaw] vanished on her way from the tents to the [Sun Palace][6] and [Sorilea] does not like coincidences.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Presumably he has the [little fat man] %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% in his coat pocket as usual.
\\[#2] Three of the five are [Janine Pavlara], [Beldeine Nyram] and [Marith Riven]. ([ACoS,Ch1])
\\[#3] The text does not say whether or not he still has his coat.
\\[#4] [Bair] cannot [channel|True Source]. Does [Rand|Rand alThor] not know this or did Robert Jordan make a slip?
\\[#5] Excellent planning on the part of the [Aes Sedai] so that the [Wise Ones|Aiel] will not suspect that they are actually shielding [Rand|Rand alThor] in Lady [Arilyn|Arilyn Dhulaine]'s palace.
\\[#6] The [Aes Sedai] took her, too, but why? There is no indication that they know about her ability.
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