[that's easy, he can suddenly hear mat saying, clear as day. you're the stubbornest bloody woolhead in all the two rivers. go on, admit it, you know it's true. and there was a time when rand would laugh easily, and confess that mat had the right of it, while perrin gave his shoulder a friendly shove, and egwene would cheekily agree before pressing a kiss to his hair to take the sting out of it.
it leaves him breathless for a moment, how much he misses them. he has no right to miss them (he reminds himself, ruthlessly). he can't help himself. ]
I'm a strong swimmer, [ he says, finally. ] More than anyone I know.
[ he is a strong swimmer, but wil al'seen is better, and so are elam dowtry and emry lewin. it's a harmless lie, though, and believable enough by his own estimation. ]
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it leaves him breathless for a moment, how much he misses them. he has no right to miss them (he reminds himself, ruthlessly). he can't help himself. ]
I'm a strong swimmer, [ he says, finally. ] More than anyone I know.
[ he is a strong swimmer, but wil al'seen is better, and so are elam dowtry and emry lewin. it's a harmless lie, though, and believable enough by his own estimation. ]