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Okay yeah I'm very sorry but I do not know how to tag because 95% of this isn't book-spoilery but the other 5%...probably is if you're good at reading between lines and most people are better at that than me? So, oops. Incoherent flailing ahoy.

Okay so, when Ihvon and Maksim were joking around last episode, one of them was like "you make me feel like the third wheel." Does the existence of that idiom mean bicycles are a thing in this Age??

Ohhh dear it's been five months and so Rand and Selene are a thing now. That's one way to handle a timeskip.

Cairhien, land of the majestic tortilla.

Moiraine "I have a timeline, I need to make it down to the docks." This particular scene is not from the books but a similar line gets used in a rather different context, so I'm guessing this is a deliberate shoutout for book fans.

Perrin seeing the aftermath of violence and people who are no longer there is a horrifying technique, parallels the saidin madness.

I don't think working at an asylum/hospital is the safest idea for Rand right now in his state.

Oof, and it's the Cairhienin who's triggered by seeing an "Aiel" in his city. :(

And of course that sets up a segue into namedropping all the sword forms, classic.

Are those the Aes Sedai/Accepted using herbs to treat illness, as well as the Power? This would be a change from canon, which is odd given how they've built on "Nynaeve is the humble outsider who distrusts the smug institutionalists." I think it is an accepted with those cool rainbow-striped sleeves!

Okay Liandrin confirms that's an Accepted studying with the Yellows.

Liandrin: if we just rush Nynaeve to Accepted level then we can get around my prohibition on teaching Novices. Fair argument tbh.

"What do you want from me?" "We're just making sure the dagger hasn't had any side effects." It's been six months! This is the opposite of the books where it took him forever to get a real Healing in the first place.

Why is this whole wing of the Tower under...ohhhh this must be Elayne moving in :D

"You're my...subject?" "I'm Egwene al'Vere." you tell her!

"Some of the greatest pairings in the history of the world were formed between novices in adjacent rooms." Phrasing! Namedropping of Cadsuane as a historical figure.

Ihvon is protective of Nynaeve, honorary Warder friendship :)

Liandrin's cabal have called for a vote. On...testing Nynaeve? Is that Hall business?

Verin (seeing Moiraine grip her dagger): Good, I wanted to see how far you'd go for the Dragon, to protect him. Great parallel to Moiraine with the dagger being like "lol if he tries to turn to the Dark I'll just stab him" last season. :D Love us some ruthless witches.

"even oaths have loopholes one can exploit." VERIN.

"If what she did demands punishment, then I will take it." far cry from the snob we saw earlier, is this just trying to show us she has two sides? Or is she showing off in front of Egwene?

Liandrin is. Poisoning? a dude?

Oh, Aes Sedai live much longer than average, she's said. Is this actually her son or her brother or something? Jeez.

Min! Is in the...Tower? Being held captive by Liandrin? What happened there.

"the right one, he can protect you from yourself" awwww. Also, Adeleas/Tomas banged in this canon. Good to know, I guess.

Is that Min-vision, or is Mat's dagger curse acting up again?

"Who do you think of when you're with me?" "Someone I wish I could forget." That's vague. Unless he's talking about the voice of Ishamael in his head, in which case, yeah, I'd like to forget that too.

"She says she came here for me, to protect me." Aww.

And now we're going to have another "failing to communicate" subplot, ugh.

Liandrin: "and now I lead you down the creepy secret staircase" Nynaeve: "yeah I've already followed you down one of these lol"

"One who comes for Acceptance." aaaah yes we're doing this!!!

Love the cool gear door.

"you'd be able to survive on your own" oh no, Moiraine, don't you start.

"You said he was dead" "No." okay she's not lying, just...doing Aes Sedai tricks.

"You failed me" Rude, Moiraine.

Okay and! Then! Out of nowhere a big old fight scene! I am interested in knowing where Perrin and company are: in the books the hunt for Fain and the Horn is mostly going south from Shienar, which is still in the east of the continent. I feel like if they're running into the Seanchan, who landed on the west coast, they'd have to have gone directly west? Need more maps up in here.

"Yann was attacked in the foregate last night" "oh haha, you don't say."

Logain is here? At the asylum in Cairhien? How did he get here, hahaha.