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! __Mat__ POV

With the arrival of the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)], [Luca|Valan Luca] has the circus break camp and leave [Jurador] before dawn the next morning. [Petra|Petra Anhill] and [Clarine|Clarine Anhill] hitch up their wagon. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] rousts [Chel Vanin] and the [Redarms|Band of the Red Hand] including [Harnan], [Fergin] and [Gorderan] to hitch teams to [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]'s wagon and saddle [Pips]. [Vanin|Chel Vanin] is already up. [Gorderan] drives the wagon with [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] and [Selucia] at either side. 

[Mat|Matrim Cauthon] rides beside the [Aes Sedai] wagon driven by [Fergin] and [Metwyn]. He feels the [foxhead medallion|Foxhead Medallion] go cool so they are [channeling|True Source]. At midday they arrive at the town of [Runnien Crossing]. [Luca|Valan Luca] negotiates with the Mayor and the Wisdom, Mother [Darvale]. She acts like a much older version of [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. That night [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] talks with [Aludra]. He figured out she needs a bellfounder to make bronze lofting tubes for fireworks. She wants weapons to repay the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] for destroying the [Illuminators|Guild of Illuminators]. She will call the tubes dragons and the charges dragons' eggs. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says he knows someone to get them made. He sees the swirling colors and [Rand|Rand alThor] talking with [Loial]. It is a secret only [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar], [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] and [Domon|Bayle Domon], [Teslyn|Teslyn Baradon] and [Joline|Joline Maza] and [Vanin|Chel Vanin] and the [Redarms|Band of the Red Hand] know, the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. She agrees to go with [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] when he leaves the circus and one set of dice stops rattling.[1] 

That night [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] dreams of men dying in hundreds of battles and the [Dark One|Shaitan] laughing. The next morning [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] and [Domon|Bayle Domon] go into the village and Mother [Darvale] marries them. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] leaves them the wagon and buys a tent from [Balat] and [Abar], the sword-swallowers. [Lopin] and [Nerim] try to outdo each other serving [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] though they miss their previous employment with [Nalesean|Nalesean Aldiaya] and [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde]. [Noal|Noal Charin] tells stories. [Olver] plays stones or [Snakes and Foxes|Finn]. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] scout for news. [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault] is still terrified of [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag], [Selucia], [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Bethamin|Bethamin Zeami] and [Seta|Seta Zarbey]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] still sees images of [Rand|Rand alThor], often with [Min|Min Farshaw]. 

He spends a lot of time with [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. She asks him about the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. The Prophecies are clear that he must kneel to the [Crystal Throne] before [Tarmon Gai'don|Creator]. She wonders if he was the one who sounded the [Horn of Valere] at [Falme]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is badly shaken. Four days out of [Jurador] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] gives [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] the razor. Another set of dice stop.[1] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] has [Pips] already saddled. [Metwyn] brings [Selucia]'s dapple and they go for a ride. 

They pass a [Tinker|Tinkers] caravan and suddenly [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] gallops off the road into the trees. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Selucia] follow.[2] [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] names the razor [Akein], Swallow in the [Old Tongue]. They are among some ruins. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] sees some hills he recognizes as [The Dancers] and knows this was [Londaren Cor], the capital city of [Eharon]. He also remembers dying in a battle near the hills when [Nerevan] and [Esandara] invaded [Shiota]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] wonders how the [Eelfinn|Finn] collected memories from dead men. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] thinks they must create a link so they must still be in his head, too.[3] 

[Selucia] catches up and says the [Tinkers] are following. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] talks with the Seeker while [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] and [Selucia] talk with the women. The [Tinkers] are heading toward [Ebou Dar] because they have heard the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] offer safety. [Tinkers] take their women who can [channel|True Source] straight to [Tar Valon]. After appeasing the [Tinkers], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] and [Selucia] ride back to the circus.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] There are three sets going at once. One stops for [Aludra] agreeing to make cannon and one for [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] giving [Akein] to [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. The third stops in [KoD,Ch10].
\\[#2] It is not clear why [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] took off as she did.
\\[#3] It is not clear if [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is correct or if the [Eelfinn|Finn] can read a person's entire thread in the [Pattern|Wheel of Time].
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