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! __Mat__ POV

Little happens for the next three days. The lords and maids now avoid [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] but he always seems to run into [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]. He visits the Great Holding to see the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway] but changes his mind. He begins spending his time drinking and dicing at taverns in the [Maule|Tear (City)] or inns in the [Chalm|Tear (City)], the warehouse district.  
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! __Perrin__ POV

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] also visits the taverns. He is in search of a rumor or adventure that will take [Faile|Zarine Bashere] out of danger.
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! __Egwene__ POV

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] continue to question [Joiya|Joiya Byir] and [Amico|Amico Nagoyin] but learn nothing new. There is no news from [Tar Valon], but [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] does not outwardly show any worry. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] reads books on [Tarabon] and [Tanchico]. She and [Aviendha] start to become friends. [Aviendha] thinks [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] should challenge [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] to fight. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] spends as much time as possible with [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran].
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! __Elayne__ POV

The [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] help [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] spend time with [Rand|Rand alThor]. He asks for her advice on governing and listens intently. [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] does not leave her quarters. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is happy, but she knows she must leave with [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara].
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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] holds meetings with the High Lords. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] helps out with information. He also finds [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s advice very useful. He wishes she would not leave, but knows that she must. [Rand|Rand alThor] spends much of the rest of his time reading and planning. He needs to do something no one expects. [Meilan|Meilan Mendiana] and [Sunamon|Sunamon Haellin] present a treaty with [Mayene] that gives [Torean|Torean Andiama] a hold on the city-state. [Rand|Rand alThor] angrily burns it and tells them to offer a reasonable treaty to [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] or he will hang them. He thinks of [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] leaving tomorrow and hopes they will be safe. He looks at his hands and thinks of the [Prophecies of the Dragon|Karaethon Prophecies]:

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''"Twice and twice shall he be marked,\\
twice to live, and twice to die.\\
Once the heron to set his path.\\
Twice the heron, to name him true.\\
Once the Dragon, for remembrance lost.\\
Twice the Dragon, for the price he must pay.''
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Recalling that [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] was called the Dragon, he wonders what a Dragon is. He thinks maybe the creature on the [Dragon Banner] is a Dragon. A voice speaks behind him and he turns to find [Selene|Lanfear]. She announces that she is [Lanfear] and shields him to prove it. She also blocks him from %%ot [Callandor]%% saying she cannot trust him with it yet. She says, "There are only two more powerful that a man can use. One at least, I know, still exists."[1] She calls him [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] telling him she knows him despite his different physical appearance. She drops her disguise revealing herself to be older but still incredibly beautiful. She angrily tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he loved her till that pale-haired milksop came along.[2] He retorts that she loved power.[3] [Lanfear] warns him that [Sammael], [Rahvin] and [Moghedien] fear him too much to wait. They will come after him because they fear that the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] will place [Rand|Rand alThor] above them. She offers to have [Asmodean] teach [Rand|Rand alThor]. Then they can destroy the others and rule together under the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]. She tells him of the two [giant statue|Choedan Kal] %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%% and says that with them they could challenge even the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] or the [Creator]. He refuses and she says she will wait until he comes of his own free will. [Rand|Rand alThor] sees a [Gray Man] entering the room. [Lanfear] releases him so he can kill it. He blames her for the [Gray Man] but she says she does not use the [Soulless|Gray Man].[4] She seems ready for him to attack her, but he cannot because she is a woman. She once again tells him to come with her and not go outside where he could be killed. He ignores her and opens the door to a battle.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] This seems to imply that there is another super male %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%% besides the [giant statue|Choedan Kal].\\
[#2] Meaning [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle]. [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks she means [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. ([TSR,Ch10])\\
[#3] Outside of instinctive [channeling|True Source] this is [Rand|Rand alThor]'s first instance of a memory from [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon].\\
[#4] Outside of hiding her identity, there is no evidence that [Lanfear] has ever directly lied to [Rand|Rand alThor] so this statement is probably true.\\
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