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[Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Domon|Bayle Domon], [Renna|Renna Emain] and [Seta|Seta Zarbey] go upstairs to the %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% kennels. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] goes to the nearest room that he remembers housing a [Windfinder|Sea Folk]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] remembers taking passage on a [Sea Folk] ship from [Allorallen|Jaramide] to [Barashta]. He wakes the woman, [Nestelle din Sakura South Star]. He frees her from the %%ot [a'dam|aDam]%% and teaches her how to work the clasp. She agrees to wait three hours and then free the other [Windfinders|Sea Folk]. As he goes back out the door, he sees [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] talking to the %%ot [der'sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%%.[1] She is concerned that [Tessi|Teslyn Baradon] is not fully trained, but [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] insists, saying that [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] gave her permission to use any %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% she wants. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] carefully backs down the stairs and goes to [Tylin|Tylin Quintara]'s rooms to get his %%ot [ashandarei]%%. When he gets there, he is shocked to see that [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] is back, two days early. [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] returned early on hearing news that an army vanished in [Murandy].[2] [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] went directly to [The Wandering Woman]. 

[Tylin|Tylin Quintara] then kisses [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] to show that she will miss him and slaps him hard for leaving while she was gone. He offers to take her with him, but she scornfully refuses. Her place is in [Ebou Dar]. They agree to make it look like she fought him, so he ties and gags her. Taking his spear, he goes back to the stableyard. [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] comes up and tells him he cannot leave. He starts to grab her, but she knocks the spear away and fights back ferociously. After a few moments she begins smiling. [Noal|Noal Charin] grabs her from behind. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] gags her with her veil and his scarf, then they tie her legs. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] arrives with [Thera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault]. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] and [Domon|Bayle Domon] arrive with [Renna|Renna Emain], [Teslyn|Teslyn Baradon], [Seta|Seta Zarbey] and [Edesina|Edesina Azzedin]. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] is shocked at the sight, saying it is slow death by torture to touch the [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is stunned at the name and knows that the [Aelfinn|Finn] told him the truth. He announces that she is his wife. He says this three times.[3] [Selucia] enters and says she will obey [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] as long as he does not harm her mistress. Otherwise she will kill him. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] announces that they are taking [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] with them and [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] smiles as though she knows a secret.[4]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] This must be [Essonde|essonde].
\\[#2] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and the [Salidar Aes Sedai] [Traveling|Weaves#t] to [Tar Valon].
\\[#3] Unknowingly completing half of a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] wedding ceremony! ([CoT,Ch28])
\\[#4] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] carrying her away is a key component of [Lidya]'s [Foretelling|Weaves]. ([WH,Ch14], [KoD,Ch36])
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