so when abel touches his shoulder, rand looks to him uneasily and slows to a stop. they are close enough to the gate that abel might be (is, they'll find out soon enough) right. another voice comes, lower, colder: "shut up." and then another, also sober, likely another achamite, an admonition to go about their business and leave matters ordered by the regent alone.
which maybe should be motivation for rand and abel to move away from that particular direction, or at least tread carefully. but then there comes the sound of harried footsteps, of fists (or maybe boots) making contact and a howl of pain,
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so when abel touches his shoulder, rand looks to him uneasily and slows to a stop. they are close enough to the gate that abel might be (is, they'll find out soon enough) right. another voice comes, lower, colder: "shut up." and then another, also sober, likely another achamite, an admonition to go about their business and leave matters ordered by the regent alone.
which maybe should be motivation for rand and abel to move away from that particular direction, or at least tread carefully. but then there comes the sound of harried footsteps, of fists (or maybe boots) making contact and a howl of pain,
and rand finds himself running. ]