After spending all night in the rain checking out inns, Thom Merrilin has a croupy cough! Mat feels bad for about three minutes.

It’s so bad, actually, that Mat suggests a trip to the nearby holistic healer lady. Thom is adamant against it, but Mat strongarms the man and hoists his bulk over to the Tear-equivalent-of-a-Wisdom, Ailhuin. Mat notices tire tracks in the mud belonging to a 1985 Chevy Silverado and thinks nothing of it EVEN THOUGH THE AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT THE THREE YOUNG AES SEDAI HAVE JUST BEEN ABDUCTED! YOU MISSED THEM BY MERE MINUTES, MAT.

Ailhuin cracks open the door and asks what these two buttheads want. Mat wants Thom to feel better for some reason, so Ailhuin invites them in and forces some shit down Thom’s throat. While talking, Mat notices that Ailhuin has the same accent as Siuan the Amyrlin and mentions it. Ailhuin, in turn, mentions that she just had three women who had the same accent as Mat. Well, two out of three. Elayne sounds like a cockney chav, mate. Mat’s like “brrrt!” and realizes his luck has just put him on track again. Mat offers to pay for any information Ailhuin knows even though it could be dangerous for her, and then pinky-promises not to tell anyone.

The girls were taken to the Stone of Tear. Duh.

Mat gives Ailhuin money and then a peck on the cheek, getting effectively #MeToo’d. He leaves Thom in Ailhuin’s care and starts fucking off to the Stone. He basically skips there! Mat’s on the case!