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! __Egwene__ POV

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] is in [Ferane|Ferane Neheran]'s rooms serving nuts to her, [Miyasi] and [Tesan|tesan]. After some time, they ask her opinion on how to handle the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. She would send sisters to his village to learn about him. They ask about [Rand|Rand alThor] from her personal knowledge and she replies that he is rational if bull-headed and good at heart. She says she would send sisters to counsel him and then send spies if he rejects them. He could not have been stopped from taking %%ot [Callandor]%% and so far he has restored order in [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)], [Tear|Tear (Country)] and [Illian|Illian (Country)]. [Andor] and the [Aiel] support him. [Ferane|Ferane Neheran] asks if he should be left to sow chaos. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] replies that he is like a river, calm when not agitated, but deadly when squeezed tightly as [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] tried. [Ferane|Ferane Neheran] coldly asks for a logical answer. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] thinks that logic is good, but emotion is needed as well.[1] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] answers that she would send a delegation of a [Gray|Gray Ajah], [Blue|Blue Ajah] and [Green|Green Ajah], [Gray|Gray Ajah] for negotiation, [Blue|Blue Ajah] because he favors them from past association and [Green|Green Ajah] as they are perceived as the opposite of [Reds|Red Ajah]. [Ferane|Ferane Neheran] replies that [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]'s delegation failed. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says that is because it was sent by the [Reds|Red Ajah]. Raising an [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] from the [Red Ajah] could only have antagonized him. The [White Tower] is in the business of subtle manipulation, not kidnapping and locking in boxes. She mentions that [Asha'man] bonded sisters. [Miyasi] and [Tesan] did not know this and are shocked. [Miyasi] says something must be done. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says no, they first must fix the division in the [White Tower] caused by current leadership. She says that [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and the [Blue Ajah] were partially at fault, but she reminds them that the [White Ajah] was integral in putting [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] in the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai], reminding them of [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen]'s failure as [Keeper|Aes Sedai]. She says she is also working with the [Gray|Gray Ajah], [Yellow|Yellow Ajah] and [Brown|Brown Ajah] [Ajahs|Aes Sedai]. She hopes they will run across the story of [Renala Merlon].[2] The [Green|Green Ajah]s are most resistant and she cannot approach the [Reds|Red Ajah]. She tells them that [Suana|Suana Dragand] will invite them to a meal. She will try to get a [Brown|Brown Ajah] next. 

As she leaves, [Ferane|Ferane Neheran] compliments her logic and offers her a place in the [White Ajah]. Just four days ago [Bennae|bennae] offered her a place in the [Brown|Brown Ajah] and [Suana|Suana Dragand] did the same with the [Yellow|Yellow Ajah].[3] [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] is waiting for her just outside the [White Ajah] quarters. [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] gives her her [forkroot|Herbs] dose and tells her she will have no more lessons, just chores. [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] takes her to the kitchens where [Laras] has her scrub fireplaces. [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] and [Lirene|Lirene Doirellin] wait outside. After a few hours, [Laras] motions to [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and offers to hide her under a secret trap door in a pantry then sneak her out that night. She will not be part of breaking a girl's spirit.[4] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] wonders who she really is.[5] 

[Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] comes in with orders for [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to attend [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] again. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] almost despairs at having to work with the [Red Ajah] but she has made headway with [Lirene Doirellin] and with [Silviana|Silviana Brehon]. After a bath they take her to [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] where she finds five [Sitters], [Yukiri], [Doesine|Doesine Alwain], [Ferane|Ferane Neheran], [Rubinde] and [Shevan]. There are no [Red|Red Ajah] [Sitters] present.[6] [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] orders [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to keep her cup full. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] chides [Shevan] for continuing the negotiations; even [Meidani] thinks they are useless. [Shevan] says there is a rumor about [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] working with the [Aiel].[7] [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] orders [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to confess that her stories about the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are lies. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says she holds to the Three Oaths in her heart and does not lie. The argument escalates and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] quotes the first [Brown|Brown Ajah] [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai], [Balladare Arandaille] after the [Kavarthen Wars|Other History], "The [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] [...] is the servant of all, even the lowest of laborers." [Egwene|Egwene alVere] finally calls her a coward. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] cracks and slams [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to the wall calling her a [Darkfriend|Darkfriends]. As [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] beats her with [Air|One Power], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] falls to the floor on the shards of the broken pitcher she was holding, cutting herself severely. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] orders her to the dungeons as she passes out.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] One of the many references to balance between logic and emotion in this book.
\\[#2] Who?
\\[#3] Setting the timing as four days after [TGS,Ch12].
\\[#4] Similar to her response to the girls' punishment in [TDR,Ch29].
\\[#5] And so do we!
\\[#6] [Pevara|Pevara Tazanovni] and [Javindhra|Javindhra Doraille] are at the [Black Tower] ([KoD,Epilogue]) and [Duhara|Duhara Basaheen] is in [Caemlyn]. ([KoD,Ch31])
\\[#7] Presumably this rumor comes in the aftermath at [Malden].
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