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I, Moiraine Sedai, do swear to honor and obey
Siuan Sanche.
When a woman is cut off from the One Power, her body
no longer feels like her own.
I haven't given you any reason to trust me.
Let me give you the gift of a dream.
- Egwene? Where is she? - Ishamael has her.
Nothing exists outside this cell for you, Egwene.
If you want to rescue your friend,
we have to work out how to open this.
It needs to be put on a woman.
It can't be broken.
My name is Aviendha.
We need to go now.
Perrin Aybara, do you like to dance?
Ji'e'toh is the Aiel Way.
You saved my life, so where will we go now?
- Falme. - Mat?
Ishamael, he has Egwene
- in Falme. - So we go.
Mat, you kill Rand. I saw it.
I'm sorry, I can't let you leave.
The Amyrlin Seat is here in Cairhien.
She's demanded an audience with you.
- -
Do you really think they'll like me?
I'm more worried about you liking them.
- Really? - My father's brilliant and kind.
But he's absent-minded and he's a bit vague.
And my sister, too, she can be really...
We don't have to go to Cairhien if you don't want to.
It's just that I haven't seen them since before the war,
- and now that it's over... - No, no, no, no.
It's not that, it's not that.
What is it, then?
It's just...
It's just...
with the war,
it's been so hard
to think about any future beyond these walls.
And when I think about us, where we'll end up,
it's not in this Tower,
with these gowns and the ring.
Well, where is it, then?
It's...
in a bamboo hut
on the river, like my father and I had.
And I'll be your fishwife?
Uh, you'd make a bloody awful fishwife.
- - Have you ever
cast a net, Lady Damodred?
I might have.
But we're not gonna be here forever.
We're gonna serve out our time
and then advise the Daughter-Heir of Andor
or the king of Altara and then we'll...
and then we'll retire.
Do you mean that?
Yes.
But you'll be my fishwife.
Gitara Sedai, we bring news from the Amyrlin.
The war is over.
The Aiel are retreating.
- Oh! - What is it? What's happening?
- -
Are you seeing something?
The Dragon.
The Dragon is born again.
I feel it.
A foretelling?
It's happening now.
The baby lies in the snow.
And cries like the thunder.
It burns like the sun.
Tell no one, my sisters.
You must find the Dragon Reborn.
And prepare the world to follow...
Gitara?
Mother.
Leave us, Daughter.
She's no threat to me.
I'll be right outside, Mother.
Why didn't you tell me?
Why didn't you tell me you'd been stilled?
Six months of letters, Moiraine.
And not one word about this...
...this violation.
Well, what else did Lan tell you?
That you threatened to let Alanna take his bond
without his permission.
You know he told her.
That you found the Dragon.
Why are you here, Siuan?
I've let you carry this burden for 20 years, love.
You've given everything for it.
From here on out,
- I row beside you. -
It's time I met Rand al'Thor.
- Tuck in your shirt. - What does the Amyrlin Seat want from me?
Is this a trial?
I saw what she did to the last man who called himself Dragon.
Is that why you ran from the Eye of the World?
Why you hid here?
I left to protect the people I love.
Don't be so selfish.
You were born to protect this world.
Every person in it.
Not just the ones you love.
Listen to me.
The Amyrlin's a smart woman.
She's a good woman.
And she comes from humbler beginnings than you.
Does Moiraine know you're doing this?
There's one rule above all others for being a man.
Whatever comes,
you face it on your feet.
Put this on. Give me your blade.
Heron Dips the Wing.
You've been learning sword forms.
I've learned a couple of things.
Keep the sword.
If the Amyrlin's afraid of you,
it won't be for a sword.
If you're going to use one of the forms,
use Cat Crosses the Courtyard, keep your back straight,
every muscle loose.
As if hung from a wire at the top of your head.
Go.
The Amyrlin waits.
As you've summoned me, Mother, so I've come.
I stand ready.
Do you now, boy?
Lan has prepared you, I see.
What else did he tell you?
That you aren't exactly what you seem.
Most people are not.
In this world, it is wise to guard your truths,
but not us.
Not today.
I have questions for you.
Answer truthfully.
And then what?
- -
Welcome to Falme.
Who are you? What...
How did I get here?
That's my little secret.
I'm sorry, who in the name of Light are you?
I won't lie, I expected you to be more...
impressive.
Still, I love to be owed a favor.
Is this a dream?
Oh, no, you're very much awake.
The way these Falmen behave,
you'd think they've been Seanchan all their lives,
not that their city was taken just a few months back.
Why didn't they fight back?
How?
- Move out! - Come on!
Against that? Come on.
Those soldiers will be heading to the palace.
- We'll go straight there, find Egwene. - No.
We tried your way.
You said there was an Ogier traveling
with your friend Perrin, correct?
This time you listen to me and do exactly as I say.
Being awarded a damane
is both a recognition of your contributions
and an investment in your future within our empire.
You should all be very proud.
Few women are capable of wearing the bracelet.
Fewer still of creating a true link with their damane.
Have any of you experienced defiance from your damane?
It is common.
Today, you will test your damane's strength.
Understand the raw power available to her
so you can work out how to use it.
Let's begin.
We will work together.
But if you embarrass me today,
you will regret it.
Ah, Verin.
Cairhien's Royal Library is just gorgeous.
- - You can't imagine the array of books they have.
Go on, then. What's the big secret?
Why do you need an Ogier map of the city?
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