Chapter 12: Woven in the Pattern

An arrow flashes from the towers of Fal Dara and grazes the Amyrlin Seat in her palanquin. The bowman escapes. The Amyrlin brushes off Agelmar's pleas to delay and orders the column south for Tar Valon. Before riding out, she looks Egwene and Nynaeve over and tells Moiraine she senses a fine spark in each of them.

On the road, Moiraine keeps her distance, busy speaking with the other Aes Sedai. A different sister visits the tent each night to teach Egwene. Verin explains that Egwene has been channeling without proper control and could harm herself or others if she does not learn to surrender to the Power. During the lesson Nynaeve, goaded into trying, sets the blankets on fire when she gets angry. Liandrin comes another night and questions them about Rand, Perrin, and Mat until Nynaeve throws her out.

The column reaches Medo on the River Mora to take ship. Anaiya tells Egwene that Moiraine, Liandrin, and Verin have all slipped away, and that the Amyrlin is furious. Egwene describes a recurring dream of Rand in danger, watched by a masked man with fire for eyes and a woman with eyes that shine like the moon. Anaiya suggests she may be a Dreamer, a talent the Tower has not seen in four or five hundred years.