Why would any Aes Sedai pretend to be less, so much less? Besides, any real Aes Sedai would have put them all on their knees begging mercy, not stood there so submissively. Neither revolt amounted to much; Caraline and Toram had been sitting in the foothills of the Spine of the World for months, making threats and claims, and Darlin the same down in Haddon Mirk. Egwene's good mood was fleeting, though. Each of us has a place where we belong, unless raised by the Empress, but those who reject their properThe Irrevocable Words555place can also be cast down, even to the depths.
All said and done, the man was the Whitecloak ambassador; more folk who wanted to trade into Amadicia probably went to him than to the Amadician ambassador, whoever he or she was. Which was the point, of course. Only half-aware, she felt the True Source being embraced, but suddenly she became very aware. The two men squatting on their heels against the stone wall exchanged looks.
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