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Adena Moren	Jan 25 2008, 10:38 AM
Accepted Posts: 179 Group: Accepted Member #138 Joined: July 18, 2005	Adena read slowly, growing more interested as she read. The author of this book claimed that the Children of the Light had much more power now than they had years ago, that before the monarch had been a puppet, but could perhaps have stood up to his agressors had he truly desired. Now, though, he was barely more than a figurehead, the Children truly ruling the nation through the man. Adena reflected on how that compared with her own childhood. In Amadicia, the Children of the Light made no attempt to hide their power, however she had never thought that they had that much power. She had never heard that the former King of Amadicia had been overly weak, but perhaps that was the case, he simply did not have the willpower or bravery to stand up to the Children. Surely the King now held more power than what this author claimed the Amadician monarchs did. Funny how Adena could have grown up a noble in the nation, and yet the author of this book claimed to know more about the political workings than she did. Well, whether the author was right or wrong- Adena was not completely sure what she believed -it was interesting. She turned back to the book, but had not read another sentence when she heard a voice asking an unspecific someone if they had a deadline. Adena looked up, there were only two people in this little study area, that meant that the Accepted could only have spoken to her. She turned around in her chair to see the dark haired woman looking at her and sighed. She had not really wanted to talk to anyone, but she could hardly tell that to the Accepted. Of course, she could simply say she had a deadline and then perhaps the woman would leave her alone, but for some reason she decided not to. Adena shook her head, "No, to be honest I only came to read so that I could avoid chores." Immediately, she wished she could take that comment back. Some Accepted would take that as an opportunity to assign a chore, there were many of those women who had completely forgotten what it was like to be a novice. Like they already considered themselves Aes Sedai, and thought that novices should always be busy doing something, and reading to avoid chores would not be considered something. Too late now, when will I learn to hold my tongue? She had grown up a lady, for the love of the Light, she had learned how to say only the things that would benefit her, and yet here she was spouting off at the mouth. One small corner whispered that she was not a lady anymore, but she had already accepted that. She may not be a lady, but she had learned as one, she should not forget ingrained habits so easily. She needed to work harder. She had practically poured out her life story to that man in the gardens, and here she was offering up unimportant, but possibly chore-inducing information to Accepted. She waited, resigning herself to the possibility of a task, but hoping that the other woman would be kind. She had spoken to Adena after all, and for someone to simply strike up conversation meant they wanted to talk. No, that was what it would mean from a novice, but from an Accepted, perhaps she was simply looking to hand out a chore to a lazy child. Well, no changing the past, she supposed, but that did not stop her wanting to.
	Masking the Glow, Folding Light, Inverting

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