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Robert Laurel	Mar 23 2009, 07:08 PM
High King Posts: 879 Group: Admin Member #97 Joined: February 16, 2005	Robert smiled down at the sister as they danced around the floor. "Thank you the compliment. It is interesting to meet one's offspring after they are fully grown, and they've been formed and shaped by the ones who raised them and life experiences. Her mother and stepfather did a very good job with her." He chuckled at her comment about Gwen not being a channeler. "I'm afraid that with her temperatment she would be a most difficult novice! She seems to be far happier where she is." The next dance was somewhat quicker. "Your and your orphanages and schools have done much good in the world, Amore Sedai," he told her. "I hope that the upcoming conflict leaves them undisturbed. If you get the chance I would like to show you the school that the Guard has set up for it's dependents. Well, not just for them. The channelers who have children send them to there also. On your way in to Tar Valon I hoped you noticed that every village and hamlet has a school, no matter small along with a clinic, plus modern roads and access to clean water. That was our idea, Sapphira's and mine. The Guard shows the local how site the wells for best advantage and how to drill them, and they also provide tools and materials for the local to build their schoolhouses and clinics. We also provide schoolbooks free of charge and provide teachers. Where a village doesn't have it's own healer, a Yellow sister drops by every few days to do what she can. A healthy, educated populace with access to the world is a nation's best asset." The dance ended, and he bowed to her. "Now I'll leave you to your future warder. My respect, aes sedai," and he turned and left.
	Robert Laurel -- High King. Warder to Sapphira Cairen Aes Sedai, High Queen and Chancellor of the High Kingdom Robert's biography

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