rand is aware of the presence of kenoma in the city. it'd be impossible not to, at this point; they're the talk of the town, though thank the light, in none too pleased terms. he'd had some notion of godsblood being relatively safe for its distaste of the regent, but seeing it in action is kind of reassuring. he hasn't heard any names, but with as few aions on that side as he knows, hearing names or not is likely to make no real difference. he tries to stay clear of the parts of town he's heard rumors that they frequent, but sometimes an odd job will take him in a direction that can't be helped, and
and, the fact is, he's only seen amos once in his life. memorably, but once. they've spoken more recently, but that was using their shards, and it was easy to think all that initial fear and anger associated with his arrival had dissipated.
it hasn't.
he recognizes amos on sight, and he freezes in the middle of the bleeding street, like a bleeding idiot, and his first, irrational thought, is that he'd told this man that moiraine was gone and now here he is. ]
1/2 — an interlude
rand is aware of the presence of kenoma in the city. it'd be impossible not to, at this point; they're the talk of the town, though thank the light, in none too pleased terms. he'd had some notion of godsblood being relatively safe for its distaste of the regent, but seeing it in action is kind of reassuring. he hasn't heard any names, but with as few aions on that side as he knows, hearing names or not is likely to make no real difference. he tries to stay clear of the parts of town he's heard rumors that they frequent, but sometimes an odd job will take him in a direction that can't be helped, and
and, the fact is, he's only seen amos once in his life. memorably, but once. they've spoken more recently, but that was using their shards, and it was easy to think all that initial fear and anger associated with his arrival had dissipated.
it hasn't.
he recognizes amos on sight, and he freezes in the middle of the bleeding street, like a bleeding idiot, and his first, irrational thought, is that he'd told this man that moiraine was gone and now here he is. ]