I can’t take it any longer. Thom the Gleeman has mustaches. As in, more than one. Every time they mention this man with his bushy hair and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat, they point out his plural mustaches. I don’t know what that could possibly look like, and it’s a gross thought besides. Shave that shit off, you smelly drifter.

The previous chapter ended with the four children making their presence known to Nynaeve the Wisdom, the angry young woman from their hometown who spent five days tracking these fuckers down. She walked for two hundred miles and swam across the river with her flippers and her snorkel, and boy, is she livid! She’s ready to tear everyone a couple of new sphincters, Aes Sedai or NO Aes Sedai.

Min appears again. She’s the young woman who can see sparks if something is important and, if you can believe it, barely sees sparks if something is less important. The sparks were strong between Moiraine and Nynaeve! Something is going on here! Nynaeve is part of the Pattern. She’s entwined in this whole stinkin’ affair, and she may not even know it yet.

There really isn’t too much more to this particular chapter. Nynaeve wants to take these kids home, but the kids can’t go home, and she’s not particularly convinced by any of them. The Aes Sedai is like “go away”, but Nynaeve has never gone away in her whole life and she’s not about to start today!

In the end, Nynaeve begrudgingly understands. It’s unclear whether or not she’s going to actually join them on their quest. Here what is clear. I’m going to get a snack.