Saidar for dummies ... or Asha'man

[Arath Faringal]

Arath breathed in the cold morning air, allowing the cold to wash over him for once. He didn't like detaching himself from everything so much. Ignoring heat and cold was dead useful, but sometimes he would rather just ... feel.

 

He was waiting in the place Jaydena had told him. A place where they could practice with the Power, relatively undisturbed, and unlikely to disturb others. Which was still terribly likely. Asha'man walking freely around Tar Valon were still setting people on edge, even if they weren't channeling.

 

Truth be told, Arath was excited for this. In his mind, this was what the new alliance was all about. Let the Red's talk about controling or 'guiding' their new bondmates. The Black Tower's reason for this was the ability to achieve greater things. Such as survival in the coming storm. And now, he was going to begin his own adventure into this kind of training.

 

What would he be able to discover, channeling against an Aes Sedai in a controlled environment? Channeling with her? What would Saidar feel like? All questions he intended to answer today.

 

He could feel Jaydena approaching through the bond. She didn't seem to be in any particular hurry, as far as he could tell. And so he waited.