On the road to Tar Valon, Nynaeve’s channeling block is overcome by her rage, and Egwene has a premonition of Rand in danger. The chapter ends with the mysterious departure of Moiraine, Liandrin, and Verin.
Nynaeve Smash!
Egwene and Nynaeve travel with the Aes Sedai toward Tar Valon. One evening, Verin stops by their tent to offer a lesson in channeling. She says that wilders like Nynaeve usually have mental blocks that prevent them from channeling, and Nynaeve discovers that she is able to touch the One Power by becoming angry. Which makes her the mystical version of the Incredible Hulk: Nynaeve mad! Nynaeve smash with One Power!
Egwene has a dream that leaves her with a premonition that Rand is in danger. Strangely, Jordan tells rather than shows. Usually, when a character has a dream, we’re trapped inside it for six pages of cryptic nonsense. This time? One paragraph and done. I’m not complaining — we may have missed details, but we got to keep our sanity. It sounds like Ba’alzamon and Lanfear were probably in the dream. So yeah, bitch — Rand’s in danger. What’s new? The traveling party reaches the River Mora where they will board boats to Tar Valon, Egwene tries to seek out Moiraine to talk about the dream. But Anaiya Sedai says Moiraine, Liandrin, and Verin have all slipped away without so much as a goodbye.