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! __Elayne__ POV

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] scramble to the top deck after [Coine|Coine din Jubai Wild Winds] and [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing]. The crew is checking for damage to the ship, but finds none. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] then notice [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] standing on the deck. They obviously do not know each other. [Coine|Coine din Jubai Wild Winds] tells the girls that [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] ask for passage, but that she will refuse it if they say so. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] has worked for [Coine|Coine din Jubai Wild Winds] before. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] goes over to talk to the men. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] somehow seems familiar to her.[1] [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] says that [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] and [Rand|Rand alThor] told him to go with the girls to make sure they stay safe. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] says that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asked him to do the same. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] let them stay on board. 

The ''[Wavedancer]'' then casts off. There is a [Tairen|Tear (Country)] on board who is the pilot. He is, by [Tairen|Tear (Country)] law, supposed to guide the ship down river, but the [Sea Folk] are competent enough that he ends up just standing there. By late afternoon, they are through the [Fingers of the Dragon] and on the [Sea of Storms]. There is not even a village along the way. The [Tairen|Tear (Country)] High Lords keep villages small by heavily taxing new construction. They allow the city of [Godan] to thrive on the [Bay of Remara] to threaten [Mayene]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] goes below to check out their cabin. ''[Wavedancer]'' stops momentarily to let the pilot off of the ship. When land is no longer in sight, the women remove their blouses. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] finds this hard to handle and eventually heads below. 

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] heads towards the bow of the ship and finds [Thom|Thom Merrilin] already there. They talk for a while, with [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] still having that feeling of familiarity. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] asks about him writing an epic of the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] speculates that, in a few generations, the story will be so garbled that someone else will be remembered as the hero of the story.[2] He cites the story of [Artur Hawkwing] defeating a hundred men in duels and other stories from earlier Ages. "Did [Mosk|Fictional Characters] and [Merk|Fictional Characters] really fight with spears of fire, and were they even giants?[3] Was [Elsbet|Fictional Characters] really queen of the whole world,[4] and was [Anla|Fictional Characters] really her sister? Was [Anla|Fictional Characters] truly the Wise Counselor, or was it someone else?"[5] 

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] mentions that the ''[Wavedancer]'' was bound for [Shara] before this, and [Thom|Thom Merrilin] remarks that he has never heard of [Shara] before. He is clearly shocked that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] wields enough influence to make them change course. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] then goes toward the stern. She sees [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing] studying the sky, embracing %%ot [saidar|Said]%%. [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing] is manipulating huge flows of [Air|One Power] and [Water|One Power]. This is why the [Sea Folk] do not carry [Aes Sedai]: they do not want the [White Tower] to interfere with the [Sea Folk]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] swears to keep the secret as best she can. They then talk about the ''[Wavedancer]'s'' encounter with a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] ship. There was a %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% on board. [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing] tells [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] that they will be at [Tanchico] in seven to ten days. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] then asks [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing] to teach her the weave that she had been doing. [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing] agrees.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] She eventually figures out why in [TSR,Ch39].\\
[#2] Is this foreshadowing?\\
[#3] Moscow and America\\
[#4] Queen Elizabeth\\
[#5] Ann Landers, Dear Abby\\
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