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She did not believe it could be so easy, even after they had packed up what they could carry and the two Tara-boners had been stuffed beneath her bed. As sunlight faded, so did inhibitions. They shared it, as I recall. The second odd thing came from those other men's memories; he did not know a great deal about the Sea Folk from them, but enough.

The concussion knocked Mat flat on his back, or maybe it was the way the ground seemed to leap from under his feet. He had brought five hundred and eighty-one Younglings south, almost every one who was far enough along in training to leaveTar Valon, but fewer than two hundred waited on their horses in the hollow. It could not be much of secret that he had been gone from Cairhien for days. Old Fear, and New Fear159Whisper how he would, she did not have his ears, and doubtless she would insist every servant within fiftywas listening.