Perrin finds Egwene, and they decide to head straight to Caemlyn.
This has to be a record short chapter. Some of the other chapters have been nearly four times as long as this one.
Perrin awakes from a fitful night’s rest. He decides to head south toward Whitebridge, but when he stumbles upon horseshoe marks in the dirt, they lead him straight to Egwene.
Somehow, Egwene has managed to get across the river with Bela and all of her supplies. I swear, this chapter alone is enough to spark conspiracy theories about Bela. Like somehow, she’s the main character, the real hero of this book, and everyone else is merely part of the supporting cast. In fact, just how old is Bela, anyway? Was she born on the slopes of Dragonmount?
Their first notion is to head down the Arinelle to Whitebridge, but they figure that is what the shadowspawn will do as well. So instead, they decide to head straight along the hypotenuse toward Caemlyn.