Something shivers, and for an instant, Moiraine nearly loses her grasp on the weave.
To envision a rosebud opening to light is one of the earliest of the novice exercises, and is often used to guide a girl through her first time channeling saidar, to explain how one should allow herself to let the power rush through her and direct it, rather than fight it or attempt to wrench it forcefully under control.
However, some few, some very few, of those who become Aes Sedai begin to channel untaught. These wilders first learn to reach saidar by instinct, adapting without thought.
Although it has been kept secret from most, Moiraine is one of these few.
Her eyes do not close; she cannot channel where she cannot see. They do, however, flutter nearly shut as she studies the weave through her lashes... and as she does so, the image of the rose in bloom forms in her mind and twists, taking on a strange, unearthly hue.
As it does, a loop of swampfire-green thread settles around two of the Aes Sedai's fingers.
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Date: 2020-09-06 02:30 am (UTC)To envision a rosebud opening to light is one of the earliest of the novice exercises, and is often used to guide a girl through her first time channeling saidar, to explain how one should allow herself to let the power rush through her and direct it, rather than fight it or attempt to wrench it forcefully under control.
However, some few, some very few, of those who become Aes Sedai begin to channel untaught. These wilders first learn to reach saidar by instinct, adapting without thought.
Although it has been kept secret from most, Moiraine is one of these few.
Her eyes do not close; she cannot channel where she cannot see. They do, however, flutter nearly shut as she studies the weave through her lashes... and as she does so, the image of the rose in bloom forms in her mind and twists, taking on a strange, unearthly hue.
As it does, a loop of swampfire-green thread settles around two of the Aes Sedai's fingers.