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! __Perrin__ POV

It is the first day of the [Feast of Lights|Calendar], the shortest and last day of the year and six days since [Rand|Rand alThor] disappeared. [Min|Min Farshaw] is gone, too. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is returning from the [School of Cairhien] to the [Sun Palace]. He feels [Rand|Rand alThor]'s need for him stronger every day. [Nandera] told [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] he should have been back in a few hours. [Sorilea] and the [Wise Ones|Aiel] will not tell him anything. [Herid Fel] is back at the school, but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] cannot get any information from him. The [Aes Sedai] left for [Tar Valon] three days ago. Back at the [Sun Palace], [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and [Loial] are still playing stones. They are both very good and evenly matched. [Sulin] who is taking care of the linens smells worried and afraid. 

[Dobraine|Dobraine Taborwin] arrives and his smell is wary. He reports that [Maringil] was poisoned and [Meilan|Meilan Mendiana] was killed by a footpad. At the time of the murders, [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan] was making an alliance with Houses [Daganred|Cairhien], [Chuliandred|Cairhien], [Annallin|Cairhien], [Osiellin|Cairhien] and others[1] to support her for the [Sun Throne|Sun Palace]. 

[Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] enters with [Rand|Rand alThor]'s sword and belt. They all realize that [Rand|Rand alThor] has been kidnapped. [Sulin] finally decides that her %%ot [toh|Aiel]%% is done. She yells at [Luaine] to bring [Nandera] and [Rhuarc]. [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] says she searched [Rand|Rand alThor]'s rooms because she was worried.[2] She thought it was strange that the [Aes Sedai] stopped coming. She herself had ten [Aes Sedai] visits suggesting that she leave after [Rand|Rand alThor] was gone. [Dobraine|Dobraine Taborwin] again raises the fact that [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan] is making a play for the [Sun Throne|Sun Palace]. [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] then says that she has proof that [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan] was responsible for [Maringil]'s and [Meilan|Meilan Mendiana]'s deaths. She brought two thief-catchers[3] with her from [Mayene]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] thinks [Dannil|Dannil Lewin] and the [Two Rivers] men are only half way to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], but he plans to go after [Rand|Rand alThor] anyway. [Loial] says he will go, too. [Dobraine|Dobraine Taborwin] says he will bring five hundred of his men. [Sorilea], [Rhuarc], [Amys] and [Nandera] enter. [Nandera] hands [Sulin] her %%ot [cadin'sor|Aiel]%% and tells her a month and a half was too long for her %%ot [toh|Aiel]%%.[4] [Rhuarc] reports that the [Shaido] are moving south out of [Kinslayer's Dagger|Kinslayers Dagger]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] asks [Rhuarc] to lead his [Aiel] after the [Aes Sedai]. [Rhuarc] reluctantly admits that only the %%ot [siswai'aman|siswaiAman]%% and [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] will fight [Aes Sedai]. [Sorilea] then says the [Wise Ones|Aiel] will fight. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is surprised to see that she can [channel|True Source].
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! __Galina Casban__ POV

[Galina|Galina Casban] finishes questioning [Min|Min Farshaw]. She knew of her both times in [White Tower], first with [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], then later when she was "[Elmindreda|Min Farshaw]." She wonders what [Min|Min Farshaw] knows and why she is important.[5] She thinks she might be able to use [Min|Min Farshaw] against [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan], and also to get an upper hand on [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen]. [Galina|Galina Casban] leaves. A [Warder|Warder] named [Carilo] guards the tent. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] and the [Younglings] are with them. There are thirty-three [Aes Sedai] in the camp, nine [Green|Green Ajah], thirteen [Red|Red Ajah] and the rest [White|White Ajah].[6] Last night the [Warder] let [Min|Min Farshaw] take a walk. [Rand|Rand alThor] saw her, went berserk and killed two of [Erian|Erian Boroleos]'s [Warder]. [Erian|Erian Boroleos] wants to take part in punishing [Rand|Rand alThor] again and [Galina|Galina Casban] agrees to let her. [Galina|Galina Casban] would [gentle|stilling] [Rand|Rand alThor] on the spot, but she has other orders.
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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] is in the box. He has his shirt, but no jacket.[7] The box opens and [Erian|Erian Boroleos] begins beating him again. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] moans about killing [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle]. The beating stops and [Rand|Rand alThor] sees that several [Wise Ones|Aiel] are there, [Sevanna] among them. She traces her finger around his throat and [Rand|Rand alThor] assumes she means to behead him.[8] They close him in the box again. He talks to [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] and [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] actually carries on a conversation with him.[9] [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he cannot break through the shield while it is actually being held, but he can undo the knots if they are tied off. [Rand|Rand alThor] hears himself laughing as he feels the inside of the shield.
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! __Galina Casban__ POV

[Galina|Galina Casban] plans to have the [Shaido] kill [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] and the [Younglings] in a few days. [Erian|Erian Boroleos] thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] is crying. [Galina|Galina Casban] offers her tea, but she says she must console her remaining [Warder], [Rashan|Rashan (Warder)] and [Bartol]. They are still a good two weeks from [Tar Valon]. She plans to beat [Rand|Rand alThor] every morning and evening so he will be completely docile by the time they turn him over to [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan].

! __Sevanna__ POV

[Sevanna] confirms with her [Wise Ones|Aiel] that they can duplicate the [Aes Sedai]'s weaves that hold [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Therava] assures that they can. [Sevanna] has the [call box] from the strange wetlander[10] but she decides not to use it. She will be the wife of the %%ot [Car'a'carn|Rand]%% and she thinks of the collar that she will put on him. She then has her [Wise Ones|Aiel] murder [Desaine] with the [One Power].[11]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Another House aligned with [Saighan|Cairhien] is [Dhulaine|Cairhien]. ([PotD|Guide#4])
\\[#2] Is this the whole story? Why search his rooms? 
\\[#3] They are [Gendar] and [Santes]. ([WH,Ch5])
\\[#4] This places the timing of this chapter a month and a half or almost four and a half weeks (forty-two days) after [LoC,Ch21].
\\[#5] So [Galina|Galina Casban] does not know about [Min|Min Farshaw]'s ability.
\\[#6] They must be in addition to the six in [Galina|Galina Casban]'s group, making a total of thirty-nine, which then agrees with [ACoS,Ch32].
\\[#7] The [little fat man] %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% was in the coat pocket.
\\[#8] Actually she means to collar him.
\\[#9] This is also about the time when [Rand|Rand alThor] begins seeing flashes of color at the periphery of his vision. ([ACoS,Ch7])
\\[#10] [Sammael]
\\[#11] [Desaine] balked at [Sevanna]'s plans. They use the [One Power] so her death can be blamed on the [Aes Sedai].
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