The crew of Aes Sedai and their ships cruise down the river toward Tar Valon. Nynaeve is below the deck, seasick as all get-out. Seasick and belligerent. Egwene tells her that she keeps having dreams about Rand and impending Doom, but she doesn’t know the nature of the Doom in question. Unless it’s the computer game, which is still as fucking awesome today as it was 30 years ago! Play it next time you get a chance, it’s way better than The Great Hunt!

What? Where was I? Siuan the Amyrlin strolls on into the cabin to deliver their daily lesson. Perhaps its the seasickness, but Nynaeve is extra ornery and doesn’t want to waste her time doing piddling Aes Sedai magicks. She’d rather use a sword or maybe play basketball. Siuan tells her to sit down and shut the fuck up or else she’ll be mopping floors and washing dishes as a Novice in the White Tower. Cork it.

Siuan then proceeds to channel the One Power to hold Egwene and Nynaeve still, exemplifying that swords cannot counter such as THAT. Nynaeve continues to be obstinate, so Siuan lifts her up into the air and pisses Nynaeve off to the point where she causes Siuan to fly backwards into the cabin wall. Egwene is horrified. Siuan is impressed. Nynaeve thinks she has the upper hand now, but Siuan is able to cut off her One Power channeling. Siuan releases Nynaeve and they continue with their lesson (Aes Sedai fractions and decimals).

Since Nynaeve is a big ol’ butthead, Siuan exploits her tendency to get angry in order to goad her into channeling. Nyaneve’s mood does not improve when Siuan leaves, but at least they made it to Tar Valon, so now they can peruse the city’s exorbitant amount of black market human organs and cans of silly string. Shortly after disembarking the ship, Egwene and Nynaeve are approached by an Aes Sedai named Sheriam. The Master of Novices. She’s like a Master of Puppets except a little less thrashy, though she does have wild red hair.

Egwene is to meet the other novices in the tower. Sheriam tells Nynaeve that the first few weeks on the road to being Accepted really fucking sucks, so have fun with that. See you on the other side, bitch.