I know you’re all going to be Aes Sedai”—he stumbled a little on that—“and you will be a queen one day, Elayne, but if you ever need help, if there is ever anything I can do, I will come. You can count on it. Did I say something funny?” Elayne had a hand over her mouth, and Egwene was struggling openly with a laugh. “No, Mat,” Nynaeve said smoothly, but her lips twitched. “Just something I have observed about men.” “You would have to be a woman to understand,” Elayne said. “Journey well and safely, Mat,” Egwene said. “And remember, if a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not
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