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! __Morgase__ POV

[Morgase|Morgase Trakand] looks out from her tent at [Whitebridge] and [Andor]. She goes to look for [Gill|Basel Gill] passing [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and [Bavin Rockshaw]. [Galad|Galad Damodred] and the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] have joined them. She finds [Gill|Basel Gill], [Lini|Lini Eltring], [Lamgwin|Lamgwin Dorn] and [Breane|Breane Taborwin], but [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] is not with them. She thinks she must get to [Caemlyn] to aid [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. They are preparing to leave when [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] returns from [Whitebridge]. He wants to talk to her alone but she is reluctant. She learned from [Taringail|Taringail Damodred] that marriage is dangerous so she never made [Thom|Thom Merrilin] or [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] her official consort. [Gaebril|Rahvin] reinforced the danger to her. He is still hurt that she rejected him, but she reminds him that he never really asked her. [Lini|Lini Eltring] returns with every intent of dragging them off to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], but [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] finally asks her properly and she accepts.
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! __Perrin__ POV

[Kevlyn Torr] shows [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] a stand of trees suddenly gone dead and dry overnight. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] tells him to harvest it for firewood. Carts have returned from [Whitebridge] with metal and forges. [Neald|Fager Neald] cannot remember what he did to create %%ot [Mah'alleinir|Old Tongue]%% but he can make weapons that will not dull. The [Aiel] want more. [Grady|Jur Grady], [Annoura|Annoura Larisen] and [Masuri|Masuri Sokawa] in a circle hold large gateway open for refugees returning to [Caemlyn]. He sent a messenger to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] requesting an audience. Supply carts return with foodstuffs while [Faile|Zarine Bashere] watches. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] warns her that he suspects [Bavin|Bavin Rockshaw] is not entirely honest and she smells satisfied.[1] 

He also realized that [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] and [Galad|Galad Damodred] are attracted to each other. [Lini|Lini Eltring] arrives with [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] and [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] in tow. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is confused that they now want him to marry them. [Galad|Galad Damodred] and [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] arrive. As they walk up [Galad|Galad Damodred] tucks a letter with a red seal in his pocket.[2] [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] and [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] profess their love for each other and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] brusquely tells them they are married. 

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] still has an army of seventy thousand, mostly refugees and ex-mercenaries trained under [Dannil|Dannil Lewin] and [Tam|Tam alThor]. He is bewildered when something taps him on the back of the head. It happens again and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is delighted to find [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] there. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] caught another badger. There are no more swirling colors now that they are together.[3] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] excitedly asks about the others, [Thom|Thom Merrilin], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], but [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] interrupts to warn him about assassins. He tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] to meet him at [The Happy Throng]. He asks to borrow an [Asha'man] for a gateway[4] then returns through the gateway to [Caemlyn]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] chuckles as he tries to ease the poor badger.[5]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] She already has the situation well in hand. ([ToM,Ch16])
\\[#2] Can this be another of %%black [Verin|Verin Mathwin]'s%% letters? Who delivered it and what can be the content?
\\[#3] An interesting effect, but it is not obvious what it means beyond the fact that [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] must all be together at the end.
\\[#4] To [Travel|Weaves#t] to the [Tower of Ghenjei].
\\[#5] A play on the title to [TDR,Ch42] rumored to be a private joke between Robert Jordan and his wife Harriet.
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