“Is it true, then?” Lyrelle asked. “Ordinary men can be compelled with the bond to obey, but not these Asha’man?” Pevara smiled, seeming wistful. “Ah, what would that be like? No, the bond cannot force Asha’man. You will have to use more inventive means.” That was not good. “How obedient are they?” Aledrin asked from the other side. “It depends on the man, I suspect,” Pevara said. “If they cannot be forced,” Lyrelle said, “will they obey their Aes Sedai in battle?” “Probably,” Pevara said, though there was something ambiguous about the way she said it. “I must tell you something, all of you.
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