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Can you tell if the blade is authentic, Verin? There are tests, Mother. If they went only a little further west, they do not have to come into the mountains at all. He tried to return their gaze levelly, the way Lan had told him to, and they put their heads together, whispering. rength of that bond, the depth of it? You could end with some budding White, all logic and no heart, or

Forgive me, Aes Sedai, but that could have been a trick as easily as dark prophecy. Aes Sedai had been known to become angry, very angry, with those who even mentioned the Black Ajah much less those who said they believed in its hidden existence. He nodded reluctantly, and slowly began stuffing a few things in a set of saddlebags. Before Egwene could speak or move, the Amyrlin herself came in and shut the door behind her.