Traveling with the Tinkers! If you think it sounds like part of the ’90s ABC TGIF lineup, you’re not wrong! Perrin spends most of his time eyeballing everyone and noticing that Elyas is acting weird and out of place among these Travelers. Perrin wants to leave, but Elyas insists that “something” tells him they need to stick around with the Travelers a little bit longer. This “something” is vague, even somewhat ominous, and Perrin gets all kinds of pissed off when Elyas doesn’t elaborate upon the “something”. It’s like a whole page of “WHAT IS THIS ‘SOMETHING’ YOU SPEAK OF?”

I make a lot of jokes about characters in various media getting boners. Well let me tell you, gentle reader, that no one has gotten a boner quite like our boy Perrin over here. Every night the Tinker women dance seductively in front of him because it makes him, ahem, “blush”. He blushes every night! Think what you will about that, but when the women start teaching Egwene how to dance seductively, Aram starts getting, uh, “blushy” himself. This is when Perrin pulls her aside and asks if she even cares about Aes Sedaiing anymore. Tar Valon, remember? *knocks on her head* Hello, McFly??

Egwene rightfully tells this cocksucker that he never cared for her Aes Sedai thing nor the Tar Valon thing, so if she wants to fuck the Tinker Boy then she’s going to fuck the Tinker Boy! And I say, you go gurl.

Perrin has more nightmares again, but they seem to be about the Trollocs and the Fades and them ambushing the Tinkers. There’s also a Ba’alzamon dream, but those are all the same now, innit?

Good thing Elyas is on the same page. Before Perrin even says anything, Elyas senses that it’s time to leave. There are about four pages of goodbyes. Aram is sad and pissed and still blushy enough to rub one out on his own.

Later, the wolves are able to tell Elyas what Perrin dreamt about. Perrin is able to understand what the wolves are saying to Elyas. The wolves start schmoozing Perrin, telling him that he just needs to fully let them into his head to stop Ba’alzamon. Perrin says NO! For now.

Maybe he just needs a little dance from Egwene to get that pep back in that step. Are they gonna become an item? Who cares! Keep romantic relationships out of my dang fantasy books about horses and magic Wheel powers.