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All right. So the door won't open. Nynaeve has other means of travel at her disposal.

Or rather, Travel.

Which is why she is currently pacing a small square of grass outside, frowning thoughtfully at the ground.

She'll be here for some time, yet.

It's much better than sitting still.

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"If you think I'm willing to let him die--"

Nynaeve's brown eyes flash with temper, and her mouth tightens.

"Well, I'm not. And I'll do what I can to that end, you may be certain."

It is exactly the reaction she had expected.

The faintest hint of a smile touches the corners of her lips. After a moment, Moiraine looks up at Nynaeve.

"I am certain of it, as it happens." A pause. "You came after them in the first place, did you not?"

She knows the answer perfectly well. Nynaeve had trailed them to Baerlon-- and as a result, had not been there during the first part of the journey to hear Moiraine tell Rand flatly that she herself would see him destroyed rather than lost to the Dark One.

"All of them. Yes, I did."

She tilts her chin up a little, expression almost composed.

"Someone had to. They were children."

Were.

Everything is different, now. Well, almost everything.

Watching her, Moiraine thinks of just how much the two of them have in common -- things that the other woman may never realize.

None of this shows on her face. She merely inclines her head in silent acknowledgement of Nynaeve's remark.

In the face of acknowledgement, and, indeed, in the face of silence, it is often difficult to hold on to stubborn belligerance.

At this moment Nynaeve does not even try. Instead she nods in return, taking a slow sip of tea.

"They are not, not any longer. And yet I see little need for that to prevent giving them what aid I can."

'I' was almost 'we', a half-formed thought buried half again as quickly.

"I do not disagree," she replies simply.

Nynaeve attempts to disguise the wary look she is giving Moiraine, busying herself with refreshing her cup of tea.

"That should be a benefit to us both, then."

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