He felt a little abashed, speaking to an Aes Sedai in that tone, but he was as surprised as she when he took her gently by the arms and lifted her to one side, setting her down again out of his way. Rand started off again as fast as before. Trollocs and Fades and things undreamed of had burst out of the Blight, and the world's new masters were being thrown back, for all the powers they wielded. He set the Horn back in the chest; it cast back the moonlight, pulled the eye.
Hurin crouched low in his saddle, wide-eyed, urging his horse on. No one can rally around a woman who must scrub floors and pots all day. Rand swallowed hard, but it did not lessen the feeling of fingers clutching his windpipe. The stone felt cold under her bare feet, and she broke out all over in goose bumps, but she stood straight and breathed slowly.
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