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Adena Moren	Feb 9 2008, 12:30 PM
Accepted Posts: 179 Group: Accepted Member #138 Joined: July 18, 2005	The Accepted's countenance stayed smooth, but Adena was not without clues to what the woman was thinking. She blushed red, but Adena could not be sure if it was in anger or perhaps embarrassment at being told such things about her heroes. What woman presumably close to earning her shawl would blush from embarrassment though? Aes Sedai never did that, they were never embarrassed that Adena had heard. Probably anger then. For the love of the Light, she asked me to tell her! She can't be angry with me for telling her what she asked! Adena resigned herself to a punishment all the same though, if she had angered this woman, then Adena's chances were probably done. Accepted, Adena had noticed, did not handle being angered all that well. Perhaps because anger was the hardest to restrain, and therefore they were more displeased when they could not emulate Aes Sedai in this one area. Whatever the reason, it did not really matter, Adena waited for Farina’s reply, fairly certain it would be a doling of punishment. But when Farina spoke, she was calm, and made no mention of a punishment. It would not have been hard to find a reason for chastisement, Farina could say she had been insulting Aes Sedai and that would certainly be sufficient. But no, she chose otherwise. Adena’s case had won no victory however, Farina certainly did not agree, but she carefully explained her opinion. She said that just because one was not manipulative did not necessarily mean she was easy to manipulate, she just chose not to be used or to use other people. Really, Farina reiterated her statement very well in a few words, "Knowing the rules isn't the same as playing the game." Being aware of others trying to manipulate you did not mean that you had to be used by them, and it did not mean that you had to tie those same strings to others. It just meant were aware. Perhaps that was true. Maybe you could be Aes Sedai and neither use others nor be used by others. Perhaps you could even secure a positive reputation for yourself, then others would work with you more willingly. Not to mention, it would be good for the public opinion of the Tower if the only Aes Sedai someone met was honest and tied no strings whatsoever. Then that person would perhaps just think that all those stories were wrong, and he would counter them with his own firsthand account with a sister. Adena tried to think of something to say in reply to Farina’s comments, despite the woman’s good reply, Adena was not prepared to concede defeat just yet. What could she say to that though? Honestly, the woman had left very little room for counterarguments. Even if she could manage to become a sister who did not manipulate others though, she would still be surrounded by manipulation and deceit all the time. But even that was not a very good argument, Adena could see that right away. It would not be good enough to simply say that she did not like the Tower either, Farina would not accept that. Although, what right did this woman have telling her what to think about something? Novices were not given many freedoms, but surely they had the freedom to make judgments for themselves. When did the Aes Sedai take a way a novice’s right to think? She had never heard any mention of that when she came, and surely if they added yet another rule to the long list to which the novices already adhered, they would inform the novices. Anyway, she had to come up with something to say to Farina. She had no desire to give up yet, but what could she say? She suppressed a sigh, and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she decided that Farina should not be the one doing all the questioning. Perhaps Adena could turn things around by just asking a question herself. Or at least she would get some interesting insight into the thoughts of one of the Accepted. “Well, I’ve told you a few reasons why I would rather not become Aes Sedai, but I would like to try to understand why you do want to wear their shawl. I’ve seen many girls who’s only thought is about one day becoming Aes Sedai, and I simply don’t understand it, could you help me?” That comment could be considered a bit defiant, but Adena did not really care, she was truly curious about what Farina would say, why would a woman actually want to become a sister of the White Tower? It was a notion that had always escaped Adena’s understanding, and now she had a perfect opportunity to find the answer. One answer anyway, chances were that if Adena asked fifty Accepted why they wanted to become Aes Sedai, she would get fifty different responses.
	Masking the Glow, Folding Light, Inverting

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