An ignorant woman who keeps her mouth shut will be thought wise, the saying went. The Ogier's final attempt at heartening went further than Loial intended. It regarded her arrogantly, and gave its odd name unbidden, and commanded her to come; these were not things Myrddraal did with the Chosen. The other women roared so hard, they must have been rolling on the floor.
Who is there to replace you? Yes, of course, Moridin, she said tonelessly. Despite a face too young for her waist-long white hair, Amys was an important woman, second among the Wise Ones to Sorilea. She hoped one day to see the confrontation between Cadsuane and the Wise One Sorilea; it had to come, and it would be memorable. No doubt Sorilea had brought them; that old woman reminded Sevanna of a landslide plunging down a mountain, carrying all before it.
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