Without the void, he was always half a heartbeat behind. The Draghkar's pale hands bloodied as they tore at the sharp steel, wings buffeting the two men with thunderclaps. They did not try to move quickly. No matter what Ingtar says, Rand, there cannot be much doubt that Changu and Nidao slew the guards at the Dog Gate and let the Darkfriends into the keep.
He never even thought of assuming the void. From each tube, a dark, twisted cord ran across the ground and behind a low wall, perhaps three paces long, on the far side. The Amyrlin in her striped stole was there, with a shawled sister from each Ajah ranged to either side of her, all of them watching Nynaeve. By the outer side of the wall, carriages, carts, and people bustled along a street, while inside lay a wilderness of sorts.
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