[pfsb] the mirrors of the wheel

[blue_ajah]

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, and all things are part of the Pattern. There is little that she can do now but wait, guard against events worsening as best she can, and watch.

As a result, Moiraine is in the bar this evening, musing over her thoughts with a cup of tea at hand and a slender, leather-bound journal open to a blank page before her.

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[blue_ajah]

"Interesting," the Aes Sedai murmurs, and she truly does look intrigued. "I have not encountered many here who have so similar an experience."

She holds out her right hand, palm upward, as a faint golden glow shimmers into existence around her. "I channel the One Power, drawn from the True Source, which is the very force of creation itself." Thin threads of light in five colors - blue, silver-white, red, golden yellow, and green gleam between her fingers, forming a woven sphere that hovers above her hand.

"We also work with weaves of earth, air, water, and fire -- " As she continues, threads of green, yellow, blue, and red brighten in turn. "--as well as spirit." The silver-white thread brightens, and the sphere begins to rotate.

[hunted_hanza]

Anyone watching closely and who knew what to watch for might note the way Yennefer's violet eyes sharpen and then shutter at a single word: Source.

But she says nothing, only leans forward to study the sphere, even as she bites back on less worthy comments. "Very pretty," she says. "Clearly you have developed a great deal of precision."

[blue_ajah]

"It is part of our training," she demurs, even as she takes note of the other woman's sudden and quickly-hidden interest. "This is an exercise for students to practice control. It also helps to determine what weaves, what powers, one might have a particular affinity with."

[hunted_hanza]

"I see," Yennefer murmurs, thinking back to her time at Aretuza. Control was never anything Tissaia de Vries lacked. Whether she succeeded in teaching it to her students is another question entirely.

"And how do you educate your novices? Is there a single school, or do mages take on apprentices?"

[blue_ajah]

She allows the weave to dissipate, and the faint illumination around her fades.

"Those who become Aes Sedai are trained at the White Tower in Tar Valon."

[hunted_hanza]

"I see," Yennefer says, noting that this woman's world contains magic users of multiple trainings... or none.

"It sounds as though your world is rich in magic."

[blue_ajah]

"The power is there," Moiraine cautions, "but the ability to channel is a gift inborn. One cannot learn to wield it if one does not have the talent."

[hunted_hanza]

"As it is in my world," Yennefer agrees. "Although I find it fascinating that your order is made up solely of women. Can men access this Source you describe?"

[blue_ajah]

"Yes," she says, "but there were no male Aes Sedai since the Breaking of the World, over three thousand years ago. Until recently, any man who channeled risked madness and death, with the only sure way to avoid it being to have the ability to touch the True Source ripped from them."