02 The Great Hunt by Jordan Robert

Author:Jordan, Robert [Robert, Jordan,]
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-04-10T16:53:27.763000+00:00

Egwene nodded, laughing along with the other girl. I like you, Elayne. I think were going to be friends.

I think so, too, Egwene. You are from the Two Rivers, from Emonds Field. Do you know a boy named Rand alThor?

I know him. Abruptly Egwene found herself remembering a tale Rand had told, a tale she had not believed, about falling off a wall into a garden and meeting . . . Youre the Daughter-Heir of Andor, she gasped.

Yes, Elayne said simply. If Sheriam Sedai as much as heard Id mentioned it, I think she would have me into her study before I finished talking.

Everyone talks about being called to Sheriams study. Even the Accepted. Does she scold so fiercely? She seems kindly to me.

Elayne hesitated, and when she spoke it was slowly, not meeting Egwenes eye. She keeps a willow switch on her desk. She says if you cant learn to follow the rules in a civilized way, she will teach you another way. There are so many rules for novices, it is very hard not to break some of them, she finished.

But thats thats horrible! Im not a child, and neither are you. I wont be treated as one.

But we are children. The Aes Sedai, the full sisters, are the grown women. The Accepted are the young women, old enough to be trusted without someone looking over their shoulders every moment. And novices are the children, to be protected and cared for, guided in the way they should go, and punished when they do what they should not. That is the way Sheriam Sedai explains it. No one is going to punish you over your lessons, not unless you try something youve been told not to. It is hard not to try, sometimes; you will find you want to channel as much as you want to breathe. But if you break too many dishes because you are daydreaming when you should be washing, if youre disrespectful to an Accepted, or leave the Tower without permission, or speak to an Aes Sedai before she speaks to you, or . . . The only thing to do is the best you can. There isnt anything elseto do.

It sounds almost as if theyre trying to make us want to leave, Egwene protested.

They arent, but then again, they are. Egwene, there are only forty novices in the Tower. Only forty, and no more than seven or eight will become Accepted. That is not enough, Sheriam Sedai says. She says there are not enough Aes Sedai now to do what needs to be done. But the Tower will not . . . cannot . . . lower its standards. The Aes Sedai cannot take a woman as a sister if she does not have the ability, and the strength, and the desire. They cant give the ring and the shawl to one who cannot channel the Power well enough, or who will allow herself to be intimidated, or who will turn back when the road turns rough.

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