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something terrible.тАЭ

She started with the Aes Sedai in the entry hall and told everything she had seen, as well as what
everything meant, when she was sure. She held back what Gawyn had said, though, or most of it; it was
no use telling him not to anger the Amyrlin if she did it for him. The rest she laid out as starkly as she had
seen it. Some of her fear came out as she dredged it all up, seeing it all again; her voice shook before she
was done.

The AmyrlinтАЩs expression never changed. тАЬSo you spoke with young Gawyn,тАЭ she said when Min
finished. тАЬWell, I think I can convince him to keep quiet. And if I remember Sahra correctly, the girl
could do with some time working in the country. SheтАЩll spread no gossip hoeing a vegetable patch.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt understand,тАЭ Min said. тАЬWhy should Gawyn keep quiet? About what? I told him nothing. And
Sahra . . . ? Mother, perhaps I didnтАЩt make myself clear. Aes Sedai and Warders are going to die. It has
to mean a battle. And unless you send a lot of Aes Sedai and Warders off somewhere тАФ and servants,
too; I saw servants dead and injured, too тАФ unless you do that, that battle will be here! In Tar Valon!тАЭ

тАЬDid you see that?тАЭ The Amyrlin demanded. тАЬA battle? Do you know, with your . . . your talent, or are
you guessing?тАЭ

тАЬWhat else could it be? At least four Aes Sedai are as good as dead. Mother, IтАЩve only laid eyes on nine
of you since coming back, and four are going to die! And the Warders. . . . What else could it be?тАЭ

тАЬMore things than I like to think of,тАЭ Siuan said grimly. тАЬWhen? How long before this . . .thing . . .
occurs?тАЭ

Min shook her head. тАЬI do not know. Most of it will happen in the space of a day, maybe two, but that
could be tomorrow or a year from now. Or ten.тАЭ

тАЬLet us pray for ten. If it comes tomorrow, there isnтАЩt much I can do to stop it.тАЭ

Min grimaced. Only two Aes Sedai besides Siuan Sanche knew of what she could do: Moiraine, and
Verin Mathwin, who had tried to study her talent. None of them knew how it worked any more than she
did, except that it had nothing to do with the Power. Perhaps that was why only Moiraine seemed able to
accept the fact that when she knew what a viewing meant, it happened.

тАЬMaybe itтАЩs the Whitecloaks, Mother. They were everywhere in Alindaer when I crossed the bridge.тАЭ
She did not believe the Children of the Light had anything to do with what was coming, but she was
reluctant to say what she believed. Believed, not knew; yet that was bad enough.

But the Amyrlin had begun shaking her head before she finished. тАЬThey would try something if they
could, IтАЩve no doubt тАФ they would love to strike at the Tower тАФ but Eamon Valda wonтАЩt move openly
without orders from the Lord Captain Commander, and Pedron Niall will not strike unless he thinks
weтАЩre injured. He knows our strength too well to be foolish. For a thousand years the Whitecloaks have
been like that. Silverpike in the reeds, waiting for a hint of Aes Sedai blood in the water. But weтАЩve
showed them none yet, nor will we, if I can help it.тАЭ

тАЬYet if Valda did try something on his own тАФ тАЭ