"I have found that it often takes some getting used to," she says, "when it comes to adapting to the possibilities that this place offers. Including time."
She takes another sip of water, then sets the glass aside. Moiraine opens the artist's sketch pad to a blank page and takes a dark grey pencil from the set.
"Very well." She draws a circle, which, while not yet reaching Harrow's level of freehand skill at such, clearly shows that she has been practicing. Moiraine adds a second narrower circle inside, then draws seven spokes.
"The Wheel of Time turns," she says, tapping the image, "and as it does, Ages come and pass." She indicates each of the spokes and the spaces between them. "It was made by the Creator at the dawn of time, and draws the power for its turning from the True Source, which I have spoken of to you before. In its turning, it weaves the Pattern, with the lives of people as its threads. All things are part of the Pattern."
Moiraine looks up from the drawing.
"In this Age, a danger arose; a mortal threat not only for all things living, but also to the Wheel of Time and to creation itself. The Dark One, bound by the Creator at the moment of creation, sought to break free of his prison and bring his Shadow, his evil, to bear upon the world, corrupting and destroying until nothing at all remained."
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:53 pm (UTC)She takes another sip of water, then sets the glass aside. Moiraine opens the artist's sketch pad to a blank page and takes a dark grey pencil from the set.
"Very well." She draws a circle, which, while not yet reaching Harrow's level of freehand skill at such, clearly shows that she has been practicing. Moiraine adds a second narrower circle inside, then draws seven spokes.
"The Wheel of Time turns," she says, tapping the image, "and as it does, Ages come and pass." She indicates each of the spokes and the spaces between them. "It was made by the Creator at the dawn of time, and draws the power for its turning from the True Source, which I have spoken of to you before. In its turning, it weaves the Pattern, with the lives of people as its threads. All things are part of the Pattern."
Moiraine looks up from the drawing.
"In this Age, a danger arose; a mortal threat not only for all things living, but also to the Wheel of Time and to creation itself. The Dark One, bound by the Creator at the moment of creation, sought to break free of his prison and bring his Shadow, his evil, to bear upon the world, corrupting and destroying until nothing at all remained."
"Whatever the Dark One wishes, I oppose."