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"What can you do Jeriana?"
Jeriana's lilac eyes went even wider in her extremely pale face. "I don't know," she told Zarkot quietly. "Well I know, I just cannot explain what it is. I do not know what it is called. I never have."
Zarkot looked slightly disbelieving. "I can speak with trees," he said. "I am a tree-speaker. I know what I can do and what it is called. How can you not?"
"You have lived in the White Tower your entire life," Jeriana said. "I have not. I know about farms and baking, not anything about saidar or saidin."
"Oh," Zarkot said and he looked down. "I am sorry."
Jeriana nodded and looked at Lyrenna. "Do you know what it is I can do, Aes Sedai?" Her eyes were begging.
Lyrenna nodded and brushed back a lock of her red hair. "I know full well what it is you can do Jeriana."
"Will you tell me?" Jeriana asked eagerly. "Will you teach me how to control it?"
"No."
"Why not?" Jeriana demanded, crestfallen. "Somebody must!"
"And somebody will, dear one," Lyrenna said soothingly, placing her hands on the girl's shoulders. "Just not me. I am a tree-speaker, not what you are. And you must find out what you are on your own."
"And how am I supposed to do that? I have no idea where to begin!"
"The library is usually a good place to start," Lyrenna said. "Look for anything that deals with an Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah who was called Jamina Telamon Sedai." She stood up and opened the door. "I will take you there then Zarkot and I must attend to our Trees. I have more to teach him."
Neither of the twins said a word as Lyrenna led them to the library. When Zarkot and Lyrenna turned to leave however Jeriana asked, "I will see you later, right?"
Zarkot smiled and said, "Of course you will, sister. You have saidin in you, therefore the Tower will take you as a novice and you'll see me all the time." Then he left with Lyrenna and Jeriana went up to a woman dressed in plain brown clothing.
"Excuse me ma'am," Jeriana said. "But could you possibly direct me to books about a woman called Jamina Telamon?"
The woman looked up and Jeriana realized instantly that she must be an Aes Sedai. Her face had that same look that Lyrenna's did. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. ~How did I know that?~ She wondered to herself as the woman asked, "Do you know anything else about this person other then her name?"
Jeriana nodded. "She was an Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah."
"And what was her name again?" Jeriana got the feeling that this woman wasn't very attentive.
"Jamina Telamon Sedai of the Yellow Ajah," Jeriana said slowly.
The woman's face slowly drained of color and she asked, "Jamina Telamon?" Jeriana nodded. "F-follow me please." Jeriana did so, happy that she was at last getting results. After going through a few rows the woman stopped and pointed at a shelf. "Those books all deal with the Telamons. I am sure you'll find something about Jamina in there. If you wish to take a book speak with me and I'll put your name down." Then she was gone.
Jeriana shrugged and began looking. The first book she saw was labeled: Jamina Telamon Sedai. "Well that wasn't too hard," she said as she sat down and began to read through the book. "Light!" she said after the first page, her face pale and drawn. "Lyrenna must have made a mistake of some sort!"
But she knew that Lyrenna was right. Lyrenna had not lied, Jeriana always knew if someone was lying or not. Even a small un-truth was an ugly black lie to her. So she continued reading, wishing she had never come:
~Jamina Telamon was born to Lews Therin Telamon's wife six years before his madness took him. She was the apple of his eye, he loved nothing more then he did his small, innocent little daughter.
As Jamina grew she proved to be the most beautiful creature anyone had ever seen. Her eyes were the color of lilacs and were always bright. Her hair was long and a marvelous silver-gold color, as she grew older. When she had been born, and until she turned sixteen, her hair had been the color of snow. Then on her sixteenth birthday it turned to a marvelous silver-gold.
When her father went mad Jamina was far away with her aunt Kimin. When it happened everyone believed that every single person who had even a drop of Lews blood was slaughtered, anyone that he loved was killed. But that was not wholly true.
For Jamina lived on. Some part of Lews mind remained intact and he saved his small daughter from the slaughter. But her aunt was killed and Jamina was left an orphan in the world.
A woman known as Terri Sedai found young Jamina crying over the body of her dead aunt. Her heart took pity upon the small child and she brought her with her to the White Tower. There, Jamina was raised, there it was discovered that she could channel the One Power. Not only that, she had a special power that none had ever heard of, much less seen.
Jamina could tell lies from truth without thinking about it. When she first met a person she knew their name, age, family and title; if any. If she concentrated upon a question the answer would always come to her. The true answer would always come. As she grew older she also found that she could Heal very well. But she could only Heal those who had never lied to her. If someone had told her a lie then her Healing power would falter and not work.
One of her other Talents, which she revealed to only a few, was her ability to see bits and pieces of the future. When this happened she could be found in her room, sobbing on her bed. The future wasn't always bad, but it hurt when it happened randomly and worse when she tried to force it.
The special Talent that Jamina possessed came to be known as truth-seeing and many called her a truth-seer. Whenever anyone asked her what it was like being a truth-ser she would respond with, "It is a burden to me and I pray that no one ever has to bear the weight that I do right now."
When Jamina was sixteen she was raised up to Accepted. Then, at the age of twenty-three she was raised up to be an Aes Sedai. She chose the Yellow Ajah, because she loved to Heal so much, even though she could not Heal everyone.
After studying for an additional ten years at the White Tower Jamina left to find out more about the world she had always read about. The only person who went with her was her Warder, Telkhek. The last place they were seen was heading for where Manetheron once was.
One rumor says that Jamina married Telkhek and they had a single child. But that is only a rumor, and no one truly knows what happened to Jamina or Telkhek.
The belief of the Brown Ajah, after extensive studying, determined that Jamina's Talents were hereditary and only those of her bloodline could possibly have it. They believe that she had those Talents because her father was Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon. Yet the Brown Sisters do not know for sure whether it is truly hereditary or not; being as no one else has ever had the talents of a truth-seer.~
Jeriana closed the book with trembling hands and leaned back against the shelf. The Talents of a truth-seer, as the book put it, described a few of the things that Jeriana had done in the past. But it left out one that she thought was quite important.
"Not possible," she said. "None of this book could even possibly refer to reality. She just happened to have the same last name as the daughter of the Dragon, happened to look like her and happened to be the same age."
Thoughts and feelings flashed through her and she suddenly saw a woman who looked like her, only older and with the agelessness of an Aes Sedai. Beside her was a tall, strong man with black hair and calm, deep blue eyes. In the arms of the woman, who had silver-gold hair, was a small baby.
Thoughts and feelings suddenly stopped when a hand rested upon Jeriana's shoulder. She realized she had been holding her breath and let it out slowly. "Are you all right Jeriana?"
She looked up into a pair of the wisest green eyes she had ever seen. Her face was kind and she looked old somehow, and yet she didn't. Her hair was like yellow-gold and not touched by gray. She was also wearing a stole that had stripes of each Ajah color on them and a gold serpent ring on her right hand.
"Yes I am fine," Jeriana replied. "Are you the Amyrlin Seat?"
The woman nodded and said, "Yes I am Jeriana. And are you the twin sister of Zarkot?" Jeriana nodded. "Good, then will you please come with me?" Jeriana stood up and nodded again. Then she followed the Amyrlin out of the library, forgetting completely about the book that she still clutched.
((There's a longer update for you starborn. Hope that it is long enough!))
"What can you do Jeriana?"
Jeriana's lilac eyes went even wider in her extremely pale face. "I don't know," she told Zarkot quietly. "Well I know, I just cannot explain what it is. I do not know what it is called. I never have."
Zarkot looked slightly disbelieving. "I can speak with trees," he said. "I am a tree-speaker. I know what I can do and what it is called. How can you not?"
"You have lived in the White Tower your entire life," Jeriana said. "I have not. I know about farms and baking, not anything about saidar or saidin."
"Oh," Zarkot said and he looked down. "I am sorry."
Jeriana nodded and looked at Lyrenna. "Do you know what it is I can do, Aes Sedai?" Her eyes were begging.
Lyrenna nodded and brushed back a lock of her red hair. "I know full well what it is you can do Jeriana."
"Will you tell me?" Jeriana asked eagerly. "Will you teach me how to control it?"
"No."
"Why not?" Jeriana demanded, crestfallen. "Somebody must!"
"And somebody will, dear one," Lyrenna said soothingly, placing her hands on the girl's shoulders. "Just not me. I am a tree-speaker, not what you are. And you must find out what you are on your own."
"And how am I supposed to do that? I have no idea where to begin!"
"The library is usually a good place to start," Lyrenna said. "Look for anything that deals with an Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah who was called Jamina Telamon Sedai." She stood up and opened the door. "I will take you there then Zarkot and I must attend to our Trees. I have more to teach him."
Neither of the twins said a word as Lyrenna led them to the library. When Zarkot and Lyrenna turned to leave however Jeriana asked, "I will see you later, right?"
Zarkot smiled and said, "Of course you will, sister. You have saidin in you, therefore the Tower will take you as a novice and you'll see me all the time." Then he left with Lyrenna and Jeriana went up to a woman dressed in plain brown clothing.
"Excuse me ma'am," Jeriana said. "But could you possibly direct me to books about a woman called Jamina Telamon?"
The woman looked up and Jeriana realized instantly that she must be an Aes Sedai. Her face had that same look that Lyrenna's did. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. ~How did I know that?~ She wondered to herself as the woman asked, "Do you know anything else about this person other then her name?"
Jeriana nodded. "She was an Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah."
"And what was her name again?" Jeriana got the feeling that this woman wasn't very attentive.
"Jamina Telamon Sedai of the Yellow Ajah," Jeriana said slowly.
The woman's face slowly drained of color and she asked, "Jamina Telamon?" Jeriana nodded. "F-follow me please." Jeriana did so, happy that she was at last getting results. After going through a few rows the woman stopped and pointed at a shelf. "Those books all deal with the Telamons. I am sure you'll find something about Jamina in there. If you wish to take a book speak with me and I'll put your name down." Then she was gone.
Jeriana shrugged and began looking. The first book she saw was labeled: Jamina Telamon Sedai. "Well that wasn't too hard," she said as she sat down and began to read through the book. "Light!" she said after the first page, her face pale and drawn. "Lyrenna must have made a mistake of some sort!"
But she knew that Lyrenna was right. Lyrenna had not lied, Jeriana always knew if someone was lying or not. Even a small un-truth was an ugly black lie to her. So she continued reading, wishing she had never come:
~Jamina Telamon was born to Lews Therin Telamon's wife six years before his madness took him. She was the apple of his eye, he loved nothing more then he did his small, innocent little daughter.
As Jamina grew she proved to be the most beautiful creature anyone had ever seen. Her eyes were the color of lilacs and were always bright. Her hair was long and a marvelous silver-gold color, as she grew older. When she had been born, and until she turned sixteen, her hair had been the color of snow. Then on her sixteenth birthday it turned to a marvelous silver-gold.
When her father went mad Jamina was far away with her aunt Kimin. When it happened everyone believed that every single person who had even a drop of Lews blood was slaughtered, anyone that he loved was killed. But that was not wholly true.
For Jamina lived on. Some part of Lews mind remained intact and he saved his small daughter from the slaughter. But her aunt was killed and Jamina was left an orphan in the world.
A woman known as Terri Sedai found young Jamina crying over the body of her dead aunt. Her heart took pity upon the small child and she brought her with her to the White Tower. There, Jamina was raised, there it was discovered that she could channel the One Power. Not only that, she had a special power that none had ever heard of, much less seen.
Jamina could tell lies from truth without thinking about it. When she first met a person she knew their name, age, family and title; if any. If she concentrated upon a question the answer would always come to her. The true answer would always come. As she grew older she also found that she could Heal very well. But she could only Heal those who had never lied to her. If someone had told her a lie then her Healing power would falter and not work.
One of her other Talents, which she revealed to only a few, was her ability to see bits and pieces of the future. When this happened she could be found in her room, sobbing on her bed. The future wasn't always bad, but it hurt when it happened randomly and worse when she tried to force it.
The special Talent that Jamina possessed came to be known as truth-seeing and many called her a truth-seer. Whenever anyone asked her what it was like being a truth-ser she would respond with, "It is a burden to me and I pray that no one ever has to bear the weight that I do right now."
When Jamina was sixteen she was raised up to Accepted. Then, at the age of twenty-three she was raised up to be an Aes Sedai. She chose the Yellow Ajah, because she loved to Heal so much, even though she could not Heal everyone.
After studying for an additional ten years at the White Tower Jamina left to find out more about the world she had always read about. The only person who went with her was her Warder, Telkhek. The last place they were seen was heading for where Manetheron once was.
One rumor says that Jamina married Telkhek and they had a single child. But that is only a rumor, and no one truly knows what happened to Jamina or Telkhek.
The belief of the Brown Ajah, after extensive studying, determined that Jamina's Talents were hereditary and only those of her bloodline could possibly have it. They believe that she had those Talents because her father was Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon. Yet the Brown Sisters do not know for sure whether it is truly hereditary or not; being as no one else has ever had the talents of a truth-seer.~
Jeriana closed the book with trembling hands and leaned back against the shelf. The Talents of a truth-seer, as the book put it, described a few of the things that Jeriana had done in the past. But it left out one that she thought was quite important.
"Not possible," she said. "None of this book could even possibly refer to reality. She just happened to have the same last name as the daughter of the Dragon, happened to look like her and happened to be the same age."
Thoughts and feelings flashed through her and she suddenly saw a woman who looked like her, only older and with the agelessness of an Aes Sedai. Beside her was a tall, strong man with black hair and calm, deep blue eyes. In the arms of the woman, who had silver-gold hair, was a small baby.
Thoughts and feelings suddenly stopped when a hand rested upon Jeriana's shoulder. She realized she had been holding her breath and let it out slowly. "Are you all right Jeriana?"
She looked up into a pair of the wisest green eyes she had ever seen. Her face was kind and she looked old somehow, and yet she didn't. Her hair was like yellow-gold and not touched by gray. She was also wearing a stole that had stripes of each Ajah color on them and a gold serpent ring on her right hand.
"Yes I am fine," Jeriana replied. "Are you the Amyrlin Seat?"
The woman nodded and said, "Yes I am Jeriana. And are you the twin sister of Zarkot?" Jeriana nodded. "Good, then will you please come with me?" Jeriana stood up and nodded again. Then she followed the Amyrlin out of the library, forgetting completely about the book that she still clutched.
((There's a longer update for you starborn. Hope that it is long enough!))