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! __Rand__ POV

It is more than a week since [WH,Ch25]. [Rand|Rand alThor] is in [The Golden Wheel] just off the [Avharin Market|Far Madding] looking for information. The innkeeper is Mistress [Gallger]. [Rand|Rand alThor] still has no leads on [Kisman|Raefar Kisman],[1] [Gedwyn|Charl Gedwyn] and [Torval|Peral Torval]. He overhears foreign merchants conversing with local traders. One trader tells Master [Admira], a [Tairen|Tear (Country)], that there will not be fighting in [Andor]. [Far Madding] is still the safest route for his goods. Another trader tells Master [Azereos], an [Illianer|Illian (Country)], that [Murandy] is too unsettled with [Roedran|Roedran Analoy] building an army for him to move his trade to [Lugard]. Master [Posavina], a [Kandori|Kandor], is considering moving his trade from [Illian|Illian (Country)] to [Tear|Tear (Country)], taking the [River Road] down the [Erinin River]. Mistress [Shimel] tells him that the [Stone of Tear] is under siege.[2] This is news to [Rand|Rand alThor], but it does not concern him. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] felt [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] leap to the north, then, a day later, to the southeast. She is either in [Tear|Tear (Country)] or [Haddon Mirk] with [Merana|Merana Ambrey], [Rafela|Rafela Cindal] and the two others.[3] [Min|Min Farshaw], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Alivia] are riding in the nearby hills. They think [Kisman|Raefar Kisman] fled. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] wants to leave. He hates being cut off from the [True Source]. [Rand|Rand alThor] leaves and walks by other inns, [The Heart of the Plain] and [The Three Ladies of Maredo]. 

[Verin|Verin Mathwin] meets [Rand|Rand alThor] in the street. She tells him that [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] is riding with the girls. She also tells him that the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are moving into [Illian|Illian (Country)] again. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Verin|Verin Mathwin] that he plans to leave tomorrow and asks to her to take a request to [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] asking her to be his advisor. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] says she is sure that [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] will agree and tells him to come to the palace that evening. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] goes back to [The Counsel's Head|The Counsels Head]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] comes in about the same time. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] that he has decided to leave and that he knows the girls are with [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] tells him that they are trying to bring her closer to [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Alivia] enter. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] still wears the [bracelet and rings] and the [Jewelry Set]. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells them that he has asked [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] to be his advisor and that he plans to leave tomorrow. [Alivia] thinks [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] is remarkable, a strict teacher. [Min|Min Farshaw] thinks she is like a strict aunt. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] she and [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] will work out their differences. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] is excited. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] showed her that the [ring with green stone|Jewelry Set] detects the use of %%ot [saidar|Said]%% and %%ot [saidin|Said]%% within three miles. The [jeweled belt|Jewelry Set] is a Well that can store %%ot [saidar|Said]%%. She demonstrates its use, brushing [Rand|Rand alThor]'s face with [Air|One Power].[4] She thinks [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin]'s hair ornaments might be similar %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%.[5] 

Mistress [Keene] comes up with a message for [Rand|Rand alThor] and gives it to [Min|Min Farshaw]. [Rand|Rand alThor] manages to get the note from [Min|Min Farshaw] before she can burn it. The note says that [Kisman|Raefar Kisman] is dead. [Torval|Peral Torval] and [Gedwyn|Charl Gedwyn] have taken rooms above the shop of [Zeram] the bootmaker on Blue Carp Street.[6]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] [Kisman|Raefar Kisman], of course, is dead.
\\[#2] The [Tairen|Tear (Country)] nobles who fled to [Haddon Mirk] are now in open rebellion. ([CoT,Ch12]) 
\\[#3] [Bera|Bera Harkin] and [Faeldrin|Faeldrin Harella] ([WH,Ch25])
\\[#4] Either this is a slip, or such a weak use of %%ot [saidar|Said]%% is too weak to set off the [guardian].
\\[#5] And she is right. ([WH,Ch34], [WH,Ch35])
\\[#6] The note is clearly from [Fain|Padan Fain].
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