Perrin witnesses an Evil Meeting in his dreams and learns that Lanfear is free. Moiraine seems unconcerned. Rand is still headed for Tear, shooting first and asking questions later.
Thanks to his dream situation, Perrin has not had a decent night’s rest in days. He finds a cabin on the Snow Goose and convinces himself it’s safe to dream now that he’s moving downriver, outpacing the wolves. It’s shit logic, but I wouldn’t be doing much better if I were operating on minimal sleep.
Perrin drifts into Tel’aran’rhiod and finds himself in a dense fog. Hopper is there, explaining to Perrin that all wolves — past, present, and future — inhabit the World of Dreams. Ba’alzamon is using dreams to host his Omniscient Council of Vagueness. He castigates a man from Tar Valon for allowing Mat to escape, and lets out a classic villain laugh as he makes an example of the man.
The rest of the Darkfriends disappear as they wake up, the woman in white appears. Perrin has seen her before in a dream, but this time he learns her name — Lanfear — and he immediately starts shitting his pants because he knows she is one of the Forsaken. Lanfear claims ownership over Tel’aran’rhiod, and the best retort Ba’alzamon can manage is to question her loyalty to the Great Lord of the Dark. After a pathetic pissing match, they wink out of existence.
Hopper leads Perrin to Rand, where the dream shows Shadowspawn attacking Rand from all angles. When Rand points his attack in Perrin’s direction, Perrin wakes up with a burn mark on his chest.
Perrin decides to tell Moiraine about the dream, and she is a total bitch about it.
PERRIN: So that’s what happened, Moiraine. The wolves are in my dreams, Lanfear is loose, and Rand is in danger.
MOIRAINE: I see.
PERRIN: Aren’t you going to do something about it?
MOIRAINE: Don’t question me, boy. You wouldn’t understand the answers if I gave them to you.
PERRIN: Will you at least Heal my wound?
MOIRAINE: Nope! Let it remind you to be careful.
What an ice-queen bitch. Is she on her period? If I were Perrin, I would regret the decision to confide in her.
Meanwhile, at Rand’s campsite, a woman dressed as a merchant arrives. Ten guards accompany her. Rand suddenly conjures a sword made from the One Power and decapitates her, then dispatches her crew. Holy shit! I guess he sensed she was a Darkfriend sent to murder him, and carefully reading the text suggests he was right. But are we supposed to believe he’s never wrong? Come on, Mr. Jordan — fair is fair! Let’s see the scene where Rand murders a band of Tuatha’an because he thought they were Darkfriends in disguise.