The Grey Tower

Liaran Sedai

Liaran smiled at her husband when he sat back down at their table. It was clear to her that he was not going to be pressured into leaving early anymore than she was, and she joined him in ordering something else just to show their intention to remain. When their drinks came, she ...

Liaran Sedai

When she heard the footsteps, Liaran pushed the board back down as far as it would go before poking her head out from underneath the tablecloth. Without pausing, the Aes Sedai stood, positioning herself beside her husband. She felt the shift in him from husband to Warder as the ...

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From her position beneath the table, Liaran turned to her husband and shrugged. "Haeden, how often do you hear an Aes Sedai ask permission to do anything?" She herself only did for issues which were actually important; something as minor as further inspecting one floorboard which was ...

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Several days later, Liaran and Haeden had chosen to have their dinner in a small inn somewhere in the city of Bandar Eban. The Aes Sedai stared down at the plate in front of her, fidgeting with the two thin sticks she held in one hand. She had wanted to learn about every city they ...

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When her husband smiled, so did Liaran. "I think she would be, eventually." she commented. "Even when I was much younger, what I wanted in life was no more than a place where I belonged, a chance to do some good in the world, and I have that now, just in a form I could never have ...

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Liaran smiled at the question, finding it easier to answer Haeden precisely because neither of them ever pressured the other into speaking. "Not right now," she said, "I'd like to walk a little more." As she spoke, the Aes Sedai stepped away from where she had been standing, leading ...

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Liaran would have much preferred for Haeden not to feel that hint of sadness she sensed in him. She would never have dreamed of trying to dictate what he ought to feel or not feel, but it still disturbed her that he felt it when she saw nothing to be sad about in her long ago ...

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Liaran looked at her husband, understanding through their shared bond that he was asking only because he truly wished to know. "I miss it every day," she said, an admission she would not have made to anyone other than Haeden. "It still feels strange at times, when I get out of bed in ...

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Liaran's eyebrows drew together as she frowned in concentration while listening to her husband. Nothing he said bothered her in any way; the Aes Sedai was simply lost in thought. The similarities between the Grey Tower and the people she'd been born to weren't something she'd ever ...

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With an entire journey still ahead of them, Liaran saw no reason to rush through their walk around the ship. Standing near the mast, the wide sails offered a small amount of shade, and the Aes Sedai chose to stay there and give her husband all of her attention. She looked up at him ...