She says it would make them all suspicious and angry, thinking we were holding ourselves aloof. The Amyrlin grimaced and spoke as if to herself. That taint would kill Mat if he kept the dagger; it would kill him even faster if he put it aside. More than once he was sure it was one he had seen before.
Lord Rand, Hurin said, I think those guards have finally noticed us. He did not take his eyes from her feet. From the first it was clear to Rand that the man was testing him, pushing only hard enough to see what he could do, then pushing a little harder, then just a little harder still. On her right hand rested a gold ring in the shape of a serpent eating its own tail.
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