"Release the weave," Moiraine tells her. "As it dissipates, the gateway will no longer remain open."

"The particular dangers are more from trying to stop a gateway that is in the process of closing, from crossing through an unstable gateway, or in being unable to properly locate and set it so that it is clearly defined. The first may cut you in half, while the latter two may surge the power through the channeler, sometimes others nearby as well. There have been violent results."