The Great Lord of the Dark can shelter you from the madness. There were exceptions, but it was so often so that Earth and Fire came to be regarded as male Powers, Air and Water as female. This sword, the Amyrlin Seat said. Perhaps the Empress will sound it herself.
That's why it is clearer; because it is more certain. It was as if someone had intended to give the semblance of a palace reception chamber but had not cared enough to bother with more than the outline and a few touches for detail. The sun and the sky were as he expected to see, if pallid and all but cloudless. The very first thing you must learn, Renna said, is to do exactly as you are told, and without delay.
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