Moiraine had known the risk from the first, and she knew it was necessary. They spice their food oddly, Cairhienin do, Lord Rand, but for all that, it's not bad. Telling himself he was having fancies - I'm not mad. Sometimes the Wheel adds to our number, friend.
She could hear Min and Nynaeve breathe, much less their quiet words. Rand tasted it first, and made Loial and Hurin wait to see if anything happened to him before he let them drink. Someone wanted him to go east. She gave a disdainful sniff.
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