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Then she was done, and the ter'angreal was still there, still waiting. Rand, come on! Loial's urgent, whispered call drifted through the emptiness to him. The cobblestone street climbed the slope, leaving the smell of the harbor behind. She knocked Alsbet Luhhan down.

He concentrated on nothing, and the emptiness returned, the world steadied. Men in rags and bits of armor, with sullen faces. Ingtar bowed in his saddle, and the other Shienarans did, too. And the first step would be in full view of the people at the windows.