[Filter: Jace]

Jace...

[Filter: Franelcrew and Baethan]

After all of that, there's nothing in the basement... nothing that we can find, at least, and the boys insist that they sense artifact energy, but they sense it everywhere. No hidden rooms, no secrets in the library...

I really thought... ah, well, that maybe something you'd all learned while away would change things here. After all, you learned so much. And yet, here we are... back where we started.

I... I suppose all that's to be done is wait to see if Lady Labhri and Lady Jayne can find anything from those journals, I...

Ah.

At least no one is dying, anymore. At least our taking time isn't costing anything...

[Filter: Jace]

The thing is, he can't just say that it's a marriage! A marriage means one thing, one very specific thing! He can -- call it something else, can't he? Call it... oh, I don't know, say... ah, partnership? Life...lovers? Or just make up an entirely new word! Would that be so hard? At least the Atsirians have the decency to be heretics and blasphemers!

Why were you so worried about that woman?

[Filter: Franelcrew]

That was...

Very educational.

I...

Ah.

First -- first the locations of the seals. That's what we wanted to know, wasn't it? So that each one could be protected, at least in a way, and... ah. The seals we didn't know about... one is on an island south of Kanemoria -- at the time it was called Ribha, but that seems an especially Kilian spelling... I suspect it's changed, since. One is at the very bottom of the widest part of the Serilis river in Hanalan, I... we must have passed right over it on our way to Kilia, isn't that...

And... and the last...

I suppose it isn't a surprise, is it? The last... the last is in Franel.

The woman... Ilise, her name was, I think... she...

She was an aide. To Lo -- to Athairne. He...

He was nothing at all like the Athairne we'd seen. Nothing...

Nothing at all.

She remembered... she had such a vivid memory, of Athairne needing a new -- needing -- ah. He was almost forty. He looked... old. Ilise had never seen him so... I... while she was there, she...

It wasn't Ethniu.

I... I don't know if it was the girl we saw. It... I suppose it could have been her, but I'm sure she looked different. She wasn't the same, not at all, she was... and she wasn't Ethniu. I know. I would know better than anyone, I --

I'm sorry, this is all

This is all quite... away from me, isn't it? I... Amalea took notes, but near the end, I wasn't very...

Perhaps... you should just ask me questions? it's hard to even remember what all I know.

Ah, I'm so tired...

And so You can't understand what it was like, to

I...

I think...

I think I just... saw my mother.

It's so much ... bigger than I thought it would be, here! Ah, I suppose I haven't actually been to many of the capitals, but ... it's larger than Conare, and much larger than Emeron, isn't it? I ... I suppose it's because it's so flat! It's sprawling ...

We should -- ah, we should make it a nice inn, don't you all think so ...? Somewhere with ... with grand baths and large meals and -- and those little towels folded on the beds to look like little animals! I ... I mean, it's our last ... ah, well.

Ah, you know, I ... my whole life, I always imagined how wonderful it would be to go to a ballet in Temair ...

Wouldn't that be fun, too?

[Filter: Sawyer]

S-sorry ...

I ... this is all my fault, I ... I'm sorry, Sawyer. I just assumed -- you'd been spending so much time together, and -- and Kail was so upset on Rose Day, I ... I thought he'd feel better if he thought you were happy! I ... severely underestimated just how much of a -- selfish, spoiled little baby he is, I suppose!

... but it's still -- I shouldn't have -- it wasn't any of my business, and look at what a mess this is!

[Filter: Jace]

Ah, all right! I'm going to be right up, you had better still be in our room and I hope you put a shirt and a coat on! And brushed your hair! Ah hahaha, I won't be long, just -- oh, are you even out of bed? I swear, Jace, if you're not at least out of bed!

You wouldn't believe what I heard today, but I'll tell you soon!

[Filter: Kail]

All right! Everything is ready! Ah, and I ... well, I should just tell you! It might make you feel better. I think I know why Sawyer has seemed so scarce ...~

[Filter: Franelcrew]

Ah, all right ...! Emeron, again ... I thought for a moment that the city guards weren't going to let us through, with that look they gave us, but ... ah, well, I suppose they were just surprised to see us all again.

So! I ... well, Lauren and I were flying back and forth with Nynaeve and Moiraine, and we made a list of some of the inns that looked nice ...~ Ah, I doubt -- well, I ... personally, I ... am not entirely sure that I want to ... ah. Well, Lord Tarmon isn't in residence right now, and we ... it would be ... very rude to impose on Lady Isanae's hospitality right after she returned from the capital, and ...

-- oh, I just think no one wants to be under that awful man's roof again, not after last time. It was a nightmare, and ... yes.

Ah, so, yes, that means we should find an inn! There are a few that we liked ... the Crystal Branch is beautiful, it's all done in white and silver and ... well, we're known to be nobles of a sort in Emeron, so I'm sure they'd charge us slightly less just to be seen there, it would be wonderful for business. And then there's the Pride of the Manticore, it's not as nice as the Branch but it has a very interesting history, and, ah, there's also the Prancing Stallion, which I didn't like as much, but Lauren thought the smells from the kitchen were divine ...

Ah ... well ... ah, we ... hello, everyone! I know it's been a while since ... ah, but, well ... we're coming back, now ...~