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Harrowhark is in the bar, wearing the style of facepaint known as the Vanitas, with no lower teeth and sharp angular edges. It's good to be back in her makeup, even if the consecration was a greater undertaking than anticipated.

Although she is formally painted from the neck up, she is wearing some of the more informal clothes her room had supplied; soft trousers and a hoodie all in black. She is not wearing gloves today, because her palms are wrapped in bandages, but it is the kind of wound she is used to dealing with and it is healing quickly. The pinpricks of pain around her lips are worse, if only because it's been a very long time since she underwent the ritual of the Sewn Tongue.

She is diagramming spirals on paper, working in ink rather than blood right now. She can't spare any blood currently. She has refreshments to share, if you like faintly cucumber-flavored water and very bland, crumbly biscuits.

Date: 2020-09-16 12:58 am (UTC)
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She smiles, very slightly.

"Among others."

Date: 2020-09-16 01:40 am (UTC)
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She inclines her head in assent.

"I was. Rand found his way to Milliways, and we encountered each other here. As there was great need, he summoned me back."

"First I was returned to my imprisonment, but Rand acted together with others here to rescue me from the Tower of Ghenjei. Afterwards, I was able to travel freely between here and my world, which enabled me to influence matters in secret. Eventually..."

She hesitates, considering.

"... there were things I learned here. I was able to use them to buy time for Rand to act."

Date: 2020-09-16 01:56 am (UTC)
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Amusement is bright in her eyes.

"No."

Although she had considered it, once, until the visions of Rhuidean had shown her the possibilities.

"That would have been an exceptionally bad idea, for several reasons. I was his advisor, only. My Warder was Lan Mandragoran, Lan Gaidin."

Date: 2020-09-16 02:10 am (UTC)
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The Aes Sedai nods.

"The bond between us broke when I acted that day and fell through the portal. He was one of those who believed me dead."

Date: 2020-09-16 02:20 am (UTC)
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"His path lay elsewhere," she says, very simply. "I acted as best I could to ensure he remained alive to take it, and in time he forgave me for it."

Date: 2020-09-16 02:35 am (UTC)
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"For a time, I was unable to return to that world," she says. "During that time, I was invited to settle in another world, in a place known as Twin Peaks."

She smiles, and it is somehow fond.

"I made a home for myself there. Now that the Last Battle is over, I am content to visit the world where I was born; to advise and assist as I may, as I am needed. It would not, however, be wise for me to be too present for too long. I have avoided a throne once, and I do not wish to have another thrust upon me."

Or anything else, given her reputation and the knowledge of her work that continues to come to light.

Date: 2020-09-16 02:53 am (UTC)
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"Yes. I was born to House Damodred, in Cairhien," she says, with a slight sigh.

"Twin Peaks is very different from the world in which I was born, but it has its own appeal."

And it has Dale Cooper, although she does not mention him, not at present.

"A visit might be arranged, perhaps. At some point."

Date: 2020-09-16 03:02 am (UTC)
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Moiraine looks thoughtful at that.

"How does it feel to you, being here in Milliways?"

Date: 2020-09-16 01:19 pm (UTC)
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"I see."

She taps a finger against the side of the water glass in thought, then takes a sip.

"I believe that it does, although the mechanism remains somewhat unknown. There have been those that passed from here to there through it, a black ship in particular, and another ship that at times appears from the world to which it connects. However, most of those who try to reach that other world fail in the attempt and find themselves returning to shore."

Date: 2020-09-16 03:17 pm (UTC)
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The Aes Sedai studies her.

"Given the nature of your workings, then, it may matter to know that the ships in question have a connection to the dead."

Date: 2020-09-16 03:58 pm (UTC)
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She nods.

"The black ship - the Black Pearl, it is called - and its captain came here as the dead do, arriving through the lake in the area that later became the inlet."

Given Merriman Lyon's involvement in the surrounding events, Moiraine herself had taken a particular interest in learning everything that she could.

"The inlet was later transformed, which allowed the arrival of a ship called the Flying Dutchman. The Dutchman and its captain ferry the dead between worlds. They pulled the Pearl and Captain Sparrow back through the inlet to a place beyond. From time to time, the Dutchman and Captain Turner will still appear in the inlet to visit."

Date: 2020-09-16 04:03 pm (UTC)
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"I presume that she would have particular insight?" she asks.

"If it is of interest to you, I believe Captain Sparrow also continues to visit Milliways. Should you meet him, you might inquire further."

Date: 2020-09-16 04:21 pm (UTC)
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"It could be coincidence, but I find that unlikely," Moiraine agrees. "Is it unusual, to be unable to raise someone in that fashion?"

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