Moiraine and Lan plan to hunt Be’lal. Faile falls victim to a trap that confines her to the World of Dreams, and Perrin goes in to rescue her.
MOIRAINE: Rand is in Tear.
PERRIN: Are you sure?
MOIRAINE: No, Perrin. I’ve miraculously found a way to lie despite my magically binding oath. Of course I’m fucking sure!
PERRIN: And what of Be’lal?
MOIRAINE: I’ll deal with him tonight.
LAN: We’ll deal with him.
MOIRAINE: Whatever.
FAILE: What about the rest of us?
MOIRAINE: You three are going back to Tar Valon on the next riverboat.
Faile runs ahead to fetch Loial. Perrin starts to follow her, hears a thump, and finds her lying unresponsive on the floor of their private dining room. Moiraine stops Perrin from entering the room — it’s a trap, meant for her and Lan. Turns out the dining room wasn’t as private as Moiraine requested: the dumbass innkeeper allowed two women to come in and leave a hedgehog figurine behind. It’s a ter’angreal, of course — one Corianin Nedeal studied in connection with the World of Dreams.
PERRIN: Can’t you do anything?
MOIRAINE: Sorry, I’ve got a Forsaken to hunt. Byeeeee.
Moiraine and Lan leave, and Loial comes to see what happened. Perrin asks him to stand guard, and he throws himself into the trap. Hopper is there in the dream, and soon Perrin is running on four paws himself. Normally this would terrify him, but all he cares about is finding Faile.
So — a man turning into a wolf to find a woman who fancies herself as a falcon. It’s almost like Robert Jordan is daring me to make more Ladyhawke jokes.