All characters belong to Robert Jordan- I merely pair them in creative ways.


Mat and Tuon watched in stunned silence as Tam and Selucia flirted openly on the village green.

For Light's sake, Mat thought, there's a fifteen year age gap between the two. And Tam-- Tam was Rand's da, the widower who had fended off the matchmaking schemes of a dozen well-intentioned goodwives!

Mat spoke aloud. "It's like something out of a gleeman's tale."

Tuon answered softly from beside him, her accented voice drawling out incredulous amusement. "The So'jhin and the Soldier?"

"You must admit, stranger things have happened," Mat shot back with a grin at his wife. "Stranger things have happened."