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! __Elayne__ POV

[Min|Min Farshaw] finds [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Aviendha] and the three of them go to [Rand|Rand alThor] accompanied by [Caseille|Caseille Raskovni], [Deni|Deni Colford] and other Guardswomen. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is interviewing more and having uniforms made as well. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] told [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] how to mask her bond to [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion]. 

They arrive at [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s room and enter while the guards wait outside. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] are with [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells them not to trust any [Asha'man] except [Damer Flinn], [Jahar Narishma] and [Eben Hopwil]. [Rand|Rand alThor] apologizes for sending the %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%. [Taim|Mazrim Taim] was supposed to deliver them to all the [Aes Sedai] [Rand|Rand alThor] thought were with them. He still thinks that [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is with [Egwene|Egwene alVere] but they do not correct him. He still believes that he has a secret following in the [White Tower] from [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen]'s letter. [Rand|Rand alThor] wants to leave immediately, but the three women convince him to stay. 

In his "[Nuli|Rand]" disguise he accompanies them back to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s rooms. They ask him to let all three of them bond him as [Warder|Warder]. He tells them that [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] got him first. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] says that does not ward him against them bonding him and he reluctantly agrees. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Aviendha] [link|Linking] and weave [Spirit|One Power] around the three women then they lay the weave on [Rand|Rand alThor]. All three women can now feel [Rand|Rand alThor]'s pain as well as his love for them. [Rand|Rand alThor] starts to leave, but [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] says there is one more thing. [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Aviendha] leave, then [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] asks [Rand|Rand alThor] to help her take off her dress.
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! __Min__ POV

As [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Aviendha] leave, the two Guardswomen at the door express disgust at [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s taste. [Min|Min Farshaw] thinks about doing one of the knife tricks [Thom|Thom Merrilin] taught her. Suddenly [Min|Min Farshaw] is horrified that she can feel what [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] are doing. She tries [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s suggestion of blocking the feeling but it does not work.[1] She babbles to [Aviendha] that she had a [viewing|viewings]:

* "She'll get with child from this. Two of them; a boy and a girl; both healthy and strong."

[Min|Min Farshaw] then wonders if she should tell [Aviendha] what she saw about her:

* [Aviendha] would have [Rand|Rand alThor]'s babies, too. Four of them at once! Something was odd about that, though. The babies would be healthy, but still something odd.

[Aviendha] is successful in blocking the feelings from [Rand|Rand alThor].[1] [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Aviendha] walk down the hall and see a woman approach. [Min|Min Farshaw] is amazed at what she sees:

* Auras danced around her and images flickered, more than [Min|Min Farshaw] had ever seen around anyone, thousands it seemed, cascading over one another. Those multitudes of images and auras flashed by too quickly for her to make out any clearly, but she was certain they indicated more adventures than a woman could have in one lifetime. Strangely, some were connected to an ugly man who was older than she, and others to an ugly man who was much younger, yet somehow [Min|Min Farshaw] knew they were the same man.

[Min|Min Farshaw] recognizes her as [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] from [Falme] and says so.[2] [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] says that [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is dead. She is [Birgitte Trahelion]. She thinks [Min|Min Farshaw] shows off her legs like a [feather-dancer|Birgitte Trahelion]. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is absolutely livid at what she is feeling from [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. Most of the time she is proper as a [Talmouri|Talmour] maiden. [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Aviendha] finally convince [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] not to bother [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Rand|Rand alThor]. They all go to get drunk.
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! __Elayne__ POV

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] wakes the next morning to find [Rand|Rand alThor] gone. He left her a present of a golden lily[3] in full bloom. She weaves a [Keeping|Weaves#k] around it. It will now stay fresh forever. The weave was [Moghedien]'s teaching. Later in the morning she learns that [Alivia], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] have vanished. The [Kin], [Zaida|Zaida din Parede Blackwing] and the [Windfinders|Sea Folk] are in a fit. They also took the most powerful %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%%[4] and some %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%[5] from the [Ebou Dari|Ebou Dar] stash.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Apparently the ability to "fuzz" the [Warder|Warder] bond has to do with the ability to [channel|True Source].
\\[#2] It is curious that [Min|Min Farshaw] apparently did not recognize [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] nor have a [viewing|viewings] of her during their time in [Salidar] though they were both there for at least a week. ([TFoH,Ch50], [LoC,Prologue])
\\[#3] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s personal sigil.
\\[#4] The [bracelet and rings] ([TPoD,Ch4])
\\[#5] Including the [Jewelry Set] ([WH,Ch32])
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