The longboat swept away from the dock on its long oars, the two banners
rippling in the bows, and the drums pounding, and the trumpets blaring. Out
in the river, people teennudes appeared on the decks of ships to watch, even climbed
into the rigging. On the Sea Folk ship they came out, too, many in bright
colors unlike the drab clothing on crews of the other vessels. The White
Spray was a larger craft than most of the rest, yet somehow sleeker as
well, with two tall masts raked back sharply and spars laid across them
squarely teennudes where nearly all the other ships had teennudes slanting spars longer than
the masts to hold most teennudes of their sails. Everything about it spoke of
difference, but in one thing, Rand knew, the Atha'an Miere had to be like
everyone else. They could either agree to follow him on their own or be
forced to it; the Prophecies teennudes said he would bind together the people of
every land - "The north shall he tie to the teennudes east, and the west shall be
bound to the south," it said - teennudes and
teennudes no one could teennudes be allowed to stand aside.
He knew that, now.
Sending out orders from his bath, he had not had an opportunity to give
details of teennudes what he intended on reaching White Spray, so he announced them
now. The details produced grins among the Asha'man, as teennudes expected - teennudes well,
Finn and Narishma grinned; Dashiva blinked absently - and frowns among the
Aiel, also teennudes as expected. They did not like teennudes being left behind. Dobraine
merely nodded; he knew he was only here for show today. What Rand did not
expect teennudes was the Aes Sedai teennudes reaction.
"It shall be as you command, teennudes my Lord Dragon," Merana said, making one
of those small curtsies. The other four exchanged glances, but they were
curtsying teennudes and murmuring "as you command" right behind her. Not one protest,
not one frown, not a
single haughty teennudes stare or recital of why it should be
done any way but what he wanted. Could he begin to trust them? Or would
they find some teennudes Aes Sedai way to teennudes wriggle around teennudes their oath as soon as his
back was turned?
"They will keep their word," Min murmured abruptly, just as if she had
read his thoughts. With an arm wrapped around his and both hands holding
his sleeve, she kept her voice for his ears alone. "I just saw these five
in your hand,&teennudes quot; she added in case he did not understand. He was not sure he
could fix his mind around that, even if she had seen it in a viewing.