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I nearly froze. Cheers rose on every side, crashing against the walls of the keep like breaking waves. Nynaeve was still free, and Elayne. Rand stared wonderingly at his hand sticking out of the red sleeve of his coat.

But I do not have five years to give over to teaching you, and you do not have five years for learning. Soon comes the day all shall be free. That is why we use it as a test. Why did you do as you did with Rand? He blinked; it was obviously not what he expected.