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pulling weeds? If anything happens to my sister. . . . Or to Egwene. . . .тАЭ He frowned at the toes of his
boots. тАЬI am supposed to look after Elayne. How can I protect her when I donтАЩt know where she is?тАЭ

Min sighed. тАЬDo you think she needs looking after? Either of them?тАЭ But if the Amyrlin had sent them
somewhere, maybe they did. The Amyrlin was capable of sending a woman into a bearтАЩs den with
nothing but a switch if it suited her purposes. And she would expect the woman to come back with a
bearskin, or the bear on a leash, as instructed. But telling Gawyn that would only inflame his temper and
his worries. тАЬGawyn, they have pledged to the Tower. They wonтАЩt thank you for meddling.тАЭ

тАЬI know Elayne isnтАЩt a child,тАЭ he said patiently, тАЬeven if she does bounce back and forth between running
off like one and playing at being Aes Sedai. But sheis my sister, and beyond that, she is Daughter-Heir of
Andor. SheтАЩll be queen, after Mother. Andor needs her whole and safe to take the throne, not another
Succession.тАЭ

Playingat being Aes Sedai? Apparently he did not realize the extent of his sisterтАЩs talent. The
Daughter-Heirs of Andor had been sent to the Tower to train for as long as there had been an Andor,
but Elayne was the first to have enough talent to be raised to Aes Sedai, and a powerful Aes Sedai at
that. Very likely he also did not know Egwene was just as strong.

тАЬSo you will protect her whether she wants it or not?тАЭ She said it in a flat voice meant to let him know he
was making a mistake, but he missed the warning and nodded agreement.

тАЬThat has been my duty since the day she was born. My blood shed before hers; my life given before
hers. I took that oath when I could barely see over the side of her cradle; Gareth Bryne had to explain to
me what it meant. I wonтАЩt break it now. Andor needs her more than it needs me.тАЭ

He spoke with a calm certainty, an acceptance of something natural and right, that sent chills through her.
She had always thought of him as boyish, laughing and teasing, but now he was something alien. She
thought the Creator must have been tired when it came time to make men; sometimes they hardly seemed
human. тАЬAnd Egwene? What oath did you take about her?тАЭ
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His face did not change, but he shifted his feet warily. тАЬIтАЩm concerned about Egwene, of course. And
Nynaeve. What happens to ElayneтАЩs companions might happen to Elayne. I assume theyтАЩre still together;
when theywere here, I seldom saw one without the others.тАЭ

тАЬMy mother always told me to marry a poor liar, and you qualify. Except that I think someone else has
first claim.тАЭ

тАЬSome things are meant to be,тАЭ he said quietly, тАЬand some never can. Galad is heartsick because
Egwene is gone.тАЭ Galad was his half-brother, the pair of them sent to Tar Valon to train under the
Warders. That was another Andoran tradition. Galadedrid Damodred was a man who took doing the
right thing to the point of a fault, as Min saw it, but Gawyn could see no wrong in him. And he would not
speak his feelings for a woman Galad had set his heart on.

She wanted to shake him, shake some sense into him, but there was no time now. Not with the Amyrlin
waiting, not with what she had to tell the Amyrlin waiting. Certainly not with Sahra standing there,