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Moiraine said, “I suppose you have.”
Moiraine said, “I suppose you have.”
She looked at him until he dropped his [me], and even then she stood considering.
She looked at him until he dropped his eyes, and even then she stood considering.
Finally she turned to the [tanin].
Finally she turned to the others.
“There are [genkai] to the [Kurai] One’s [dengen o on ni shimasu] [uchigawa] you.
“There are limits to the Dark One’s power inside you.
Yield even for an instant and he will have a [moji retsu] tied to your [kokoro], a [moji retsu] you may never be able to cut.
Yield even for an instant and he will have a string tied to your heart, a string you may never be able to cut.
Surrender, and you will be his.
Surrender, and you will be his.
Deny him, and his [dengen o on ni shimasu] fails.
Deny him, and his power fails.
It is not easy when he [tacchi] your dreams, [shikashi] it can be done.
It is not easy when he touches your dreams, but it can be done.
He can still send Halfmen against you, and Trollocs, and Draghkar, and [sonota] [monogoto], [shikashi] he cannot make you his unless you let him.”
He can still send Halfmen against you, and Trollocs, and Draghkar, and other things, but he cannot make you his unless you let him.”
“Fades are bad enough,”
“Fades are bad enough,”
Perrin said.
Perrin said.
“I don’t want him [uchigawa] my [atama] again,”
“I don’t want him inside my head again,”
Mat growled.
Mat growled.
“Isn’t there any [michi] to [kīpu] him out?”
“Isn’t there any way to keep him out?”
Moiraine shook her [atama].
Moiraine shook her head.
“Loial has nothing to [kyōfu], nor Egwene, nor Nynaeve.
“Loial has nothing to fear, nor Egwene, nor Nynaeve.
Out of the [masu] of [jinrui], the [Kurai] One can [tacchi] an [koko no] only by [kikai], unless that [hito] seeks it.
Out of the mass of humanity, the Dark One can touch an individual only by chance, unless that person seeks it.
[shikashi] for a [jikan], at least, you three are central to the [moyō].
But for a time, at least, you three are central to the Pattern.
A [webu] of [unmei] is [kōfuku] woven, and every [sureddo] leads straight to you.
A Web of Destiny is being woven, and every thread leads straight to you.
What else did the [Kurai] One say to you?”
What else did the Dark One say to you?”
“I don’t remember it all that [yoku],”
“I don’t remember it all that well,”
Perrin said.
Perrin said.
“There was something about one of us [kōfuku] chosen, something like that.
“There was something about one of us being chosen, something like that.
I remember him laughing,”
I remember him laughing,”
he finished bleakly, “about who we were chosen by.
he finished bleakly, “about who we were chosen by.
He said I – we could serve him or [dai].
He said I – we could serve him or die.
And then we’d still serve him.”
And then we’d still serve him.”
“He said the Amyrlin [shīto] would try to [shiyō] us,”
“He said the Amyrlin Seat would try to use us,”
Mat added, his [koe] fading as he remembered to whom he was speaking.
Mat added, his voice fading as he remembered to whom he was speaking.
He swallowed and went on.
He swallowed and went on.
“He said just like [tāru] Valon used – he had some [namae].
“He said just like Tar Valon used – he had some names.
Davian, I think.
Davian, I think.
I can’t remember [hijō ni] [yoku], either.”
I can’t remember very well, either.”
“Raolin [Kurai]sbane,”
“Raolin Darksbane,”
Perrin said.
Perrin said.
“Yes,”
“Yes,”
Rand said, frowning.
Rand said, frowning.
He had tried to forget everything about those dreams.
He had tried to forget everything about those dreams.
It was unpleasant bringing them back.
It was unpleasant bringing them back.
“Yurian Stonebow was another, and Guaire Amalasan.”
“Yurian Stonebow was another, and Guaire Amalasan.”
He stopped suddenly, hoping Moiraine had not noticed how suddenly.
He stopped suddenly, hoping Moiraine had not noticed how suddenly.
“I don’t recognize any of them.”
“I don’t recognize any of them.”
[shikashi] he had recognized one, now that he dredged them from the [fukasa] of [memori].
But he had recognized one, now that he dredged them from the depths of memory.
The [namae] he had barely stopped himself from saying.
The name he had barely stopped himself from saying.
Logain.
Logain.
The false [doragon].
The false Dragon.
[hikari]!
Light!
Thom said they were dangerous [namae].
Thom said they were dangerous names.
Is that what Ba’alzamon meant?
Is that what Ba’alzamon meant?
Moiraine [nozon de iru] to [shiyō] one of us as a false [doragon]?
Moiraine wants to use one of us as a false Dragon?
Aes Sedai [kari] down false [doragonzu], they don’t [rūru] them.
Aes Sedai hunt down false Dragons, they don’t rule them.
Do they?
Do they?
[hikari] [tasukeru] me, do they?
Light help me, do they?
Moiraine was looking at him, [shikashi] he could not read her [kao].
Moiraine was looking at him, but he could not read her face.
“Do you know them?”
“Do you know them?”
he asked her.
he asked her.
“Do they mean anything?”
“Do they mean anything?”
“The [chichioya] of Lies is a [yoi] [namae] for the [Kurai] One,”
“The Father of Lies is a good name for the Dark One,”
Moiraine replied.
Moiraine replied.
“It was always his [michi] to [shīdo] the [wāmu] of [utagai] wherever he could.
“It was always his way to seed the worm of doubt wherever he could.
It eats at [dansei]’s [kokoro] like a [kaiyō].
It eats at men’s minds like a canker.
When you [shinjiru] the [chichioya] of Lies, it is the [saisho] [suteppu] toward surrender.
When you believe the Father of Lies, it is the first step toward surrender.
Remember, [baai] you surrender to the [Kurai] One, he will make you his.”
Remember, if you surrender to the Dark One, he will make you his.”
An Aes Sedai never lies, [shikashi] the [shinjitsu] she speaks may not be the [shinjitsu] you think you hear.
An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks may not be the truth you think you hear.
That was what Tam had said, and she had not really answered his [shitsumon].
That was what Tam had said, and she had not really answered his question.
He kept his [kao] expressionless and held his [te] still on his [hiza], trying not to [sukurabu] the [ase] off them on his [zubon].
He kept his face expressionless and held his hands still on his knees, trying not to scrub the sweat off them on his breeches.
Egwene was crying softly.
Egwene was crying softly.
Nynaeve had her [ude] around her, [shikashi] she looked as [baai] she wanted to [sakebi], too.
Nynaeve had her arms around her, but she looked as if she wanted to cry, too.
Rand almost wished he could.
Rand almost wished he could.
“They are all tanin’veren,”
“They are all ta’veren,”
Loial said abruptly.
Loial said abruptly.
He seemed brightened by the [mitōshi], looking forward to watching from [tojiru] by as the [moyō] wove itself around them.
He seemed brightened by the prospect, looking forward to watching from close by as the Pattern wove itself around them.
Rand looked at him incredulously, and the Ogier gave an abashed [kata o sukumeru], [shikashi] it was not enough to dim his [iyoku].
Rand looked at him incredulously, and the Ogier gave an abashed shrug, but it was not enough to dim his eagerness.
“So they are,”
“So they are,”
Moiraine said.
Moiraine said.
“Three of them, when I expected one.
“Three of them, when I expected one.
A great many [monogoto] have happened that I did not expect.
A great many things have happened that I did not expect.
This [nyūsu] concerning the [me] of the [sekai] [henka] much.”
This news concerning the Eye of the World changes much.”
She paused, frowning.
She paused, frowning.
“For a [jikan] the [moyō] does seem to be swirling around all three of you, just as Loial says, and the [suwāru] will grow greater before it becomes less.
“For a time the Pattern does seem to be swirling around all three of you, just as Loial says, and the swirl will grow greater before it becomes less.
Sometimes [kōfuku] tanin’veren means the [moyō] is forced to [mage] to you, and sometimes it means the [moyō] [chikara] you to the needed [michisuji].
Sometimes being ta’veren means the Pattern is forced to bend to you, and sometimes it means the Pattern forces you to the needed path.
The [webu] can still be woven many [hōhō], and some of those [sekkei shite imasu] would be disastrous.
The Web can still be woven many ways, and some of those designs would be disastrous.
For you, for the [sekai].
For you, for the world.
“We cannot remain in Caemlyn, [shikashi] by any [dōro], Myrddraal and Trollocs will be on us before we have gone ten [mairu].
“We cannot remain in Caemlyn, but by any road, Myrddraal and Trollocs will be on us before we have gone ten miles.
And just at this [pointo] we hear of a [kyōi] to the [me] of the [sekai], not from one [sōsu], [shikashi] three, each seeming independent of the [tanin].
And just at this point we hear of a threat to the Eye of the World, not from one source, but three, each seeming independent of the others.
The [moyō] is forcing our [michisuji].
The Pattern is forcing our path.
The [moyō] still weaves itself around you three, [shikashi] what [te] now sets the warp, and what [te] controls the [shatoru]?
The Pattern still weaves itself around you three, but what hand now sets the warp, and what hand controls the shuttle?
Has the [Kurai] One’s [keimusho] weakened enough for him to exert that much [kontorōru]?”
Has the Dark One’s prison weakened enough for him to exert that much control?”
“There’s no must for that [shinsetsu] of [hanashi]!”
“There’s no need for that kind of talk!”
Nynaeve said sharply.
Nynaeve said sharply.
“You’ll only frighten them.”
“You’ll only frighten them.”
“[shikashi] not you?”
“But not you?”
Moiraine asked.
Moiraine asked.
“It frightens me.
“It frightens me.
[yoku], perhaps you are [migi].
Well, perhaps you are right.
[kyōfu] cannot be allowed to affect our [mochiron].
Fear cannot be allowed to affect our course.
Whether this is a [torappu] or a timely warning, we must do what we must, and that is to [rīchi] the [me] of the [sekai] quickly.
Whether this is a trap or a timely warning, we must do what we must, and that is to reach the Eye of the World quickly.
The [midori] [otoko] must know of this [kyōi].”
The Green Man must know of this threat.”
Rand gave a [kaishi, hajimeru].
Rand gave a start.
The [midori] [otoko]?
The Green Man?
The [tanin] stared, too, all [shikashi] Loial, whose broad [kao] looked worried.
The others stared, too, all but Loial, whose broad face looked worried.
“I cannot even [risuku] stopping in [tāru] Valon for [tasukeru],”
“I cannot even risk stopping in Tar Valon for help,”
Moiraine continued.
Moiraine continued.
“[jikan] [torappu] us.
“Time traps us.
Even [baai] we could [noru] out of the [toshi] unhindered, it would take many [shūkan] to [rīchi] the [kōhai], and I [kyōfu] we no longer have [shūkan].”
Even if we could ride out of the city unhindered, it would take many weeks to reach the Blight, and I fear we no longer have weeks.”
“The [kōhai]!”
“The Blight!”
Rand heard himself echoed in a [kōrasu], [shikashi] Moiraine ignored them all.
Rand heard himself echoed in a chorus, but Moiraine ignored them all.
“The [moyō] presents a [kiki], and at the same [jikan] a [michi] to [ue ni oka] it.
“The Pattern presents a crisis, and at the same time a way to surmount it.
[baai] I did not know it was impossible, I could almost [shinjiru] the [kuriētā] is taking a [te].
If I did not know it was impossible, I could almost believe the Creator is taking a hand.
There is a [michi].”
There is a way.”
She smiled as [baai] at a private [jōku], and turned to Loial.
She smiled as if at a private joke, and turned to Loial.
“There was an Ogier [gurōbu] here at Caemlyn, and a Waygate.
“There was an Ogier grove here at Caemlyn, and a Waygate.
The New [toshi] now spreads out over where the [gurōbu] once stood, so the Waygate must be [uchigawa] the [kabe].
The New City now spreads out over where the grove once stood, so the Waygate must be inside the walls.
I know not many Ogier learn the [hōhō] now, [shikashi] one who has a [tarento] and learns the old [kyoku] of Growing must be drawn to such [chishiki], even [baai] he believes it will never be used.
I know not many Ogier learn the Ways now, but one who has a Talent and learns the old Songs of Growing must be drawn to such knowledge, even if he believes it will never be used.
Do you know the [hōhō], Loial?”
Do you know the Ways, Loial?”
The Ogier shifted his [ashi] uneasily.
The Ogier shifted his feet uneasily.
“I do, Aes Sedai, [shikashi]–”
“I do, Aes Sedai, but–”
“can you find the [michisuji] to [faru] Dara along the [hōhō]?”
“Can you find the path to Fal Dara along the Ways?”
“I’ve never heard of [faru] Dara,”
“I’ve never heard of Fal Dara,”
Loial said, sounding relieved.
Loial said, sounding relieved.
“In the [hi] of the Trolloc [sensō] it was known as Mafal Dadaranell.
“In the days of the Trolloc Wars it was known as Mafal Dadaranell.
Do you know that [namae]?”
Do you know that name?”
“I know it,”
“I know it,”
Loial said reluctantly, “[shikashi]–”
Loial said reluctantly, “but–”
“Then you can find the [michisuji] for us,”
“Then you can find the path for us,”
Moiraine said.
Moiraine said.
“A curious [tān], indeed.
“A curious turn, indeed.
When we can neither [taizai] nor [kyūka] by any ordinary means, I learn of a [kyōi] to the [me], and in the same [basho] there is one who can take us there in [hi].
When we can neither stay nor leave by any ordinary means, I learn of a threat to the Eye, and in the same place there is one who can take us there in days.
Whether it is the [kuriētā], or [unmei], or even the [Kurai] One, the [moyō] has chosen our [michisuji] for us.”
Whether it is the Creator, or fate, or even the Dark One, the Pattern has chosen our path for us.”
“No!”
“No!”
Loial said, an emphatic rumble like [kaminari].
Loial said, an emphatic rumble like thunder.
Everyone turned to [hyōjō] at him and he blinked under the [chūi], [shikashi] there was nothing [chūcho] about his [kotoba].
Everyone turned to look at him and he blinked under the attention, but there was nothing hesitant about his words.
“[baai] we enter the [hōhō], we will all [dai] – or be swallowed by the [kage].”
“If we enter the Ways, we will all die – or be swallowed by the Shadow.”
[akira] 43
Chapter 43
[ketsudan] and [yōma]
Decisions and Apparitions
The Aes Sedai appeared to know what Loial meant, [shikashi] she said nothing.
The Aes Sedai appeared to know what Loial meant, but she said nothing.
Loial peered at the [yuka], rubbing under his [hana] with a thick [yubi], as [baai] he was abashed by his [bakuhatsu].
Loial peered at the floor, rubbing under his nose with a thick finger, as if he was abashed by his outburst.
No one wanted to speak.
No one wanted to speak.
“Why?”
“Why?”
Rand asked at [saigo].
Rand asked at last.
“Why would we [dai]?
“Why would we die?
What are the [hōhō]?”
What are the Ways?”
Loial glanced at Moiraine.
Loial glanced at Moiraine.
She turned away to take a [isu] in [furonto] of the [danro].
She turned away to take a chair in front of the fireplace.
The little [neko] stretched, its [tsume] scratching on the [hāsusutōn], and languidly walked over to [o-shiri] its [atama] against her [ashikubi].
The little cat stretched, its claws scratching on the hearthstone, and languidly walked over to butt its head against her ankles.
She rubbed behind its [mimi] with one [yubi].
She rubbed behind its ears with one finger.
The [neko]’s purring was a strange counterpoint to the Aes Sedai’s [reberu] [koe].
The cat’s purring was a strange counterpoint to the Aes Sedai’s level voice.
“It is your [chishiki], Loial.
“It is your knowledge, Loial.
The [hōhō] are the only [michisuji] to [anzen] for us, the only [michisuji] to forestalling the [Kurai] One, [baai] only for a [jikan], [shikashi] the [uranai] is yours.”
The Ways are the only path to safety for us, the only path to forestalling the Dark One, if only for a time, but the telling is yours.”
The Ogier did not appear comforted by her [supīchi].
The Ogier did not appear comforted by her speech.
He shifted awkwardly on his [isu] before [hajime].
He shifted awkwardly on his chair before beginning.
“During the [jikan] of [kyōki], [dōjini, tsutsu, issun] the [sekai] was still [kōfuku] broken, the [chikyū] was in upheaval, and [jinrui] was [kōfuku] scattered like [hokori] on the [kaze].
“During the Time of Madness, while the world was still being broken, the earth was in upheaval, and humankind was being scattered like dust on the wind.
We Ogier were scattered, too, driven from the stedding, into the [bōmei] and the Long Wandering, when the [akogare] was graven on our [kokoro].”
We Ogier were scattered, too, driven from the stedding, into the Exile and the Long Wandering, when the Longing was graven on our hearts.”
He gave Moiraine another sidelong [hyōjō].
He gave Moiraine another sidelong look.
His long [mayuge] drew down into two [pointo].
His long eyebrows drew down into two points.
“I will try to be brief, [shikashi] this is not a [koto] that can be told too briefly.
“I will try to be brief, but this is not a thing that can be told too briefly.
It is of the [tanin] I must speak, now, those few Ogier who held in their stedding [dōjini, tsutsu, issun] around them the [sekai] was tearing apart.
It is of the others I must speak, now, those few Ogier who held in their stedding while around them the world was tearing apart.
And of the Aes Sedai”
And of the Aes Sedai”
– he avoided looking at Moiraine, now – “the [dansei] Aes Sedai who were dying even as they destroyed the [sekai] in their [kyōki].
– he avoided looking at Moiraine, now – “the male Aes Sedai who were dying even as they destroyed the world in their madness.
It was to those Aes Sedai – those who had so far managed to avoid the [kyōki] – that the stedding [saisho] made the [teikyō] of [seiiki].
It was to those Aes Sedai – those who had so far managed to avoid the madness – that the stedding first made the offer of sanctuary.
Many accepted, for in the stedding they were protected from the [osen] of the [Kurai] One that was [satsugai] their [shinsetsu].
Many accepted, for in the stedding they were protected from the taint of the Dark One that was killing their kind.
[shikashi] they were cut off from the True [sōsu].
But they were cut off from the True Source.
It was not just that they could not wield the One [dengen o on ni shimasu], or [tacchi] the [sōsu]; they could no longer even [kankaku] that the [sōsu] existed.
It was not just that they could not wield the One Power, or touch the Source; they could no longer even sense that the Source existed.
In the [owari], none could accept that [aisorēshon], and one by one they left the stedding, hoping that by that [jikan] the [osen] was gone.
In the end, none could accept that isolation, and one by one they left the stedding, hoping that by that time the taint was gone.
It never was.”
It never was.”
“Some in [tāru] Valon,”
“Some in Tar Valon,”
Moiraine said quietly, “[kurēmu] that Ogier [seiiki] prolonged the Breaking and made it worse.
Moiraine said quietly, “claim that Ogier sanctuary prolonged the Breaking and made it worse.
[tanin] say that [baai] all of those [dansei] had been allowed to go mad at once, there would have been nothing left of the [sekai].
Others say that if all of those men had been allowed to go mad at once, there would have been nothing left of the world.
I am of the [aoi] Ajah, Loial; unlike the [akai] Ajah, we hold to the [ni] [iken].
I am of the Blue Ajah, Loial; unlike the Red Ajah, we hold to the second view.
[seiiki] helped to [hozon shimasu] what could be saved.
Sanctuary helped to save what could be saved.
Continue, please.”
Continue, please.”
Loial nodded gratefully.
Loial nodded gratefully.
Relieved of a [kenen], Rand realized.
Relieved of a concern, Rand realized.
“As I was saying,”
“As I was saying,”
the Ogier went on, “the Aes Sedai, the [dansei] Sedai, left.
the Ogier went on, “the Aes Sedai, the male Sedai, left.
[shikashi] before they went, they gave a [okurimono] to the Ogier in [arigatō gozaimasu] for our [seiiki].
But before they went, they gave a gift to the Ogier in thanks for our sanctuary.
The [hōhō].
The Ways.
Enter a Waygate, [sanpo] for a [ichi nichi], and you may [shuppatsu shimasu] through another Waygate a hundred [mairu] from where you started.
Enter a Waygate, walk for a day, and you may depart through another Waygate a hundred miles from where you started.
Or five hundred.
Or five hundred.
[jikan] and [kyori] are strange in the [hōhō].
Time and distance are strange in the Ways.
Different [michisuji], different [hashi], [rīdo] to different [basho], and how long it takes to get there depends on which [michisuji] you take.
Different paths, different bridges, lead to different places, and how long it takes to get there depends on which path you take.
It was a marvelous [okurimono], made more so by the [kai], for the [hōhō] are not [ichibu] of the [sekai] we see around us, nor perhaps of any [sekai] [soto ni] themselves.
It was a marvelous gift, made more so by the times, for the Ways are not part of the world we see around us, nor perhaps of any world outside themselves.
Not only did the Ogier so gifted not have to [ryokō] through the [sekai], where even after the Breaking [dansei] fought like [dōbutsu] to live, in [ōdā] to [rīchi] another stedding, [shikashi] within the [hōhō] there was no Breaking.
Not only did the Ogier so gifted not have to travel through the world, where even after the Breaking men fought like animals to live, in order to reach another stedding, but within the Ways there was no Breaking.
The [tochi] between two stedding might split [ōpun] into [fukai] [kyōkoku] or [jōshō] in [yama] ranges, [shikashi] in the [michi] between them there was no [henkō].
The land between two stedding might split open into deep canyons or rise in mountain ranges, but in the Way between them there was no change.
“When the [saigo] Aes Sedai left the stedding, they gave to the [chōrō] a [kī o oshimasu], a [tarisuman], that could be used for growing more.
“When the last Aes Sedai left the stedding, they gave to the Elders a key, a talisman, that could be used for growing more.
They are a living [koto] in some [fasshon], the [hōhō] and the Waygates.
They are a living thing in some fashion, the Ways and the Waygates.
I do not understand it; no Ogier ever has, and even the Aes Sedai have forgotten, I am told.
I do not understand it; no Ogier ever has, and even the Aes Sedai have forgotten, I am told.
Over the [toshi] the [bōmei] ended for us.
Over the years the Exile ended for us.
As those Ogier who had been gifted by the Aes Sedai found a stedding where Ogier had returned from the Long Wandering, they grew a [michi] to it.
As those Ogier who had been gifted by the Aes Sedai found a stedding where Ogier had returned from the Long Wandering, they grew a Way to it.
With the [sekizō butsu] we learned during the [bōmei], we built [toshi] for [dansei], and planted the [kodachi] to [nagusame] the Ogier who did the [tatemono], so the [akogare] would not overcome them.
With the stonework we learned during the Exile, we built cities for men, and planted the groves to comfort the Ogier who did the building, so the Longing would not overcome them.
To those [kodachi] [hōhō] were [zōshoku saseta].
To those groves Ways were grown.
There was a [gurōbu], and a Waygate, at Mafal Dadaranell, [shikashi] that [toshi] was razed during the Trolloc [sensō], no [ishi] left standing on another, and the [gurōbu] was chopped down and burned for Trolloc fires.”
There was a grove, and a Waygate, at Mafal Dadaranell, but that city was razed during the Trolloc Wars, no stone left standing on another, and the grove was chopped down and burned for Trolloc fires.”
He left no [utagai] which had been the greater [hanzai].
He left no doubt which had been the greater crime.
“Waygates are all [shikashi] impossible to destroy,”
“Waygates are all but impossible to destroy,”
Moiraine said, “and [jinrui] not much less so.
Moiraine said, “and humankind not much less so.
There are [hitobito] at [faru] Dara still, though not the great [toshi] the Ogier built, and the Waygate yet stands.”
There are people at Fal Dara still, though not the great city the Ogier built, and the Waygate yet stands.”
“How did they make them?”
“How did they make them?”
Egwene asked.
Egwene asked.
Her puzzled [hyōjō] took in Moiraine and Loial both.
Her puzzled look took in Moiraine and Loial both.
“The Aes Sedai, the [dansei].
“The Aes Sedai, the men.
