[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.

Comments

[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."