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! __Egwene__ POV

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] gets another spanking from [Silviana|Silviana Brehon]. She is getting better at embracing the pain as the [Aiel] do. Afterwards, [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] and [Barasine] meet her to escort her to attend [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] goads them on what [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] has done to the [Tower|White Tower]. [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] arrives for her punishment, but she is late.[1] On their way, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] thinks on the failures she has been promoting, kidnapping [Rand|Rand alThor], the [Black Tower] mission, the demotion of [Shemerin]. 

As they pass through the halls, the corridor suddenly dead ends at a mural of [Caraighan Maconar] ending the rebellion in [Mosadorin|Other History]. Another change in the [Pattern|Wheel of Time]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] decides her best option to deal with [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] is silence. This is her first look at [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] since she, [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] left the [Tower|White Tower] to hunt the [Black Ajah]. [Meidani] is there. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] has her researching punishments for traitors. She jokes about demoting [Shemerin]. She does not believe the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are a threat and talks of a fourth Oath of obedience. Infuriated, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] dumps the soup bowl to keep from reacting. [Meidani] helps clean up and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] orders [Meidani] to send for her. [Meidani] agrees. 

In a rage, [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] sends her out. She goes to the [novice|novices] dining hall for dinner where she can hear [Laras] in the kitchens. She now realizes that [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] will eventually destroy herself with her arrogance. [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s job is to hold the [Tower|White Tower] together and keep it whole. She feels urgency for the [White Tower] to provide guidance for [Rand|Rand alThor]. She returns to [Silviana|Silviana Brehon] for another spanking, intending to visit [Leane|Leane Sharif] afterwards. She laughs when she realizes the pain of spanking is nothing beside the pain of the [White Tower] crumbling. Embracing pain is not about being hard; it is about understanding its insignificance. She reminds [Silviana|Silviana Brehon] that [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]'s misguided orders only carry weight if Sisters accept them.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Why is she late? Was there another shift of locations in the [White Tower] or did something else delay her?

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