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but her tone made it seem soft by comparison. УNo waking up
before. And if that doesnТt do, thereТll be another time, and
another, as many as it takes if we must stay down here until
summer.Ф Doesine opened her mouth in protest before giving
over with a grimace. Only she among them knew how to operate
the Chair, but in this group, she stood as low as Seaine.
Talene continued to stare up at Saerin. Tears filled her
big eyes, and she began to weep, great shuddering, hopeless
sobs. Blindly, she reached out, groping until Pevara stuck
the Oath Rod into her hand. Embracing the Source, Pevara
channeled a thread of Spirit to the Rod. Talene gripped the
wrist-thick rod so hard that her knuckles turned white, yet
she just lay there sobbing.
Saerin straightened. УI fear itТs time to put her back to
sleep, Doesine.Ф
TaleneТs tears redoubled, but she mumbled through them.
УIЧforswearЧall oathsЧthat bind me.Ф With the last word, she
began to howl.
Seaine jumped, then swallowed hard. She personally knew the
pain of removing a single oath and had speculated on the agony
of removing more than one at once, but now the reality was in
front of her. Talene screamed till there was no breath left
in her, then pulled in air only to scream again, until Seaine
half expected people to come running down from the Tower
itself. The tall Green convulsed, flinging her arms and legs
about, then suddenly arched up till only her heels and head
touched the gray surface, every muscle clenched, her whole
body spasming wildly.
As abruptly as the seizure had begun Talene collapsed
bonelessly and lay there weeping like a lost child. The Oath
Rod rolled from her limp hand down the sloping gray surface.
Yukiri murmured something with the sound of a fervent prayer.
Doesine kept whispering УLight!Ф over and over in a shaken
voice. УLight! Light!Ф
Pevara scooped up the Rod and closed TaleneТs fingers around
it again. There was no mercy in SeaineТs friend, not in this
matter. УNow swear the Three Oaths,Ф she spat.
For an instant, it seemed Talene might refuse, but slowly
she repeated to oaths that made them all Aes Sedai and held
them together. To speak no word that was not true. Never to
make a weapon for one man to kill another. Never to use to
One Power as a weapon, except in defense of her life, or that
of her Warder or another sister. At the end, she began
weeping in silence, shaking without a sound. Perhaps it was
the oaths tightening down on her. They were uncomfortable
when fresh. Perhaps.
Then Pevara told the other oath required of her. Talene
flinched, but muttered the words in tones of hopelessness. УI
vow to obey all five of you absolutely.Ф Otherwise, she only
stared straight ahead dully, tears trailing down her cheeks.