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! __Lan__ POV

[Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Ryne|Ryne Venamar] and [Bukama|Bukama Marenellin] escort [Alys|Moiraine Damodred] as they ride to [Chachin]. When thunderstorms come out of the [Blight] she creates a shield to keep them dry. She stops at every village asking after [Avene Sahera]. She continues to probe at their pasts and plans, and she continues to torment [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]. The second night she keeps him awake with flicks and the third night she fills his clothes with sand. At noon on the fourth day they are attacked by forty brigands led by [Coy]. [Cat Dancer] knows how to respond in a fight. [Alys|Moiraine Damodred] uses the [One Power] to frighten them off. That night ants bite him and the next night she uses blisterleaf. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] feels that he must bear her remonstrations until she is satisfied,[1] but he thinks she might kill him.
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! __Moiraine__ POV

All [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] wants from [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] is an apology.[1] One of the [Blue Ajah] secret weaves is controlling insects;[2] she used it for the ants. She is frustrated that she cannot get any useful information out of any of them. She still does not know if they are [Darkfriends] or if any of the sisters at [The Gates of Heaven] is [Black Ajah]. 

Two days from [Chachin], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] finds [Avene Sahera] in the village [Ravinda], but her son [Migel|Migel Sahera] was born too early and in the wrong place. She is using the bounty to build a new inn and intends to call it [The White Tower]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] figures the name will last until the first [Aes Sedai] sees it. 

As they leave [Ravinda], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] decides to use wasps on [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] next. She asks if he is allergic. He turns looking stunned. There is an arrow in his shoulder. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] quickly reacts blocking the next arrow with [Air|One Power] while [Bukama|Bukama Marenellin] and [Ryne|Ryne Venamar] shoot the assassin. The assassin is [Caniedrin]. He was paid to kill [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], but he dies before he can reveal more. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] wonders if it was [Gorthanes|Ries Gorthanes] who hired him. She searches the body but finds only his payment, ten [Cairhienin|Cairhien (Country)] gold crowns. [Ryne|Ryne Venamar] and [Bukama|Bukama Marenellin] remove the arrow and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [Heals|Weaves#h] [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]. His wounds from [Canluum] are also [Healed|Weaves]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] thinks she has only two more nights to break [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]. She will be far too busy once they reach [Chachin].
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Neither of them seems to have a clue to the other's culture and motives. Typical of Jordan!
\\[#2] This weave is not as secret as [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] believes. ([TPoD,Ch3], [KoD,Ch20])

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