01x03 - A Place of Safety

[bunniefuu]

[Rand] They say the last Dragon
broke the world,

but the next one will save it.

[Moiraine] Forget what you've
heard about the Dragon.

This power,
it's meant for women.

- And women alone.
- [screams]

[Moiraine] You see,
women all over the world

have different names for it.

But it's one power.

You don't listen to the wind,
Egwene.

It's the wind
that listens to you.

- [shouting]
- [grunts]

[Egwene] Don't you see how pale
she's getting? How weak?

- [roars] - [screaming]
- [Egwene] Nynaeve!

[Egwene] Those monsters
k*lled Nynaeve and Laila

and half the people
we've ever loved.

You're going to be just like
your dad. Damn prick

like him.

What in Light's name?
Go! I'll find you.

No, we-we can't
leave without them.

[Mat] Pretty sure we can.

- Rand!
- Mat!

If you don't
take me to them right now,

I'll slit your throat.

[muffled, distorted screaming]

[Egwene] Nynaeve


- [screaming]
- Nynaeve!

Nynaeve!

[Trolloc snarling]

[Nynaeve exhales]

[Trolloc snorts, roars]

[Trolloc 2 whimpering]

- [Trolloc roars]
- [Trolloc 2 whimpering]

[Trolloc snarling]

[whimpers]

[shuddering]

- [snarling]
- [whimpering]

[Trolloc 2 screaming]

- [snarling]
- [screaming continues]

[shuddering]

[snarling]

[panting]

[grunting, panting]

♪ ♪

[Trolloc roars]

[grunting, panting]

- [shouting]
- [roars, snarls]

- [roaring]
- [grunting, panting]

[panting]

[Trolloc screeches in distance]

[grunting]

[Trolloc snarling]

[roars]

[growling]

[snarling]

[shuddering]

[Trolloc snorting softly]

[sniffing]

[growling]

[shuddering softly]

[growls, snorts]

[snarls]

[sniffs]

[growling]

[snarling]

[growls]

[roars]

[snarling softly]

[grunts]

- [snarls]
- [screams]

[screeching]

[screams]

[gasping]

[panting]

[grunts, panting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Where are my friends?

Are they alive?

I won't ask again.

They're not here.

How did you find me?

What did she do to them?

You think you know this world.

You know nothing.

The Dark One
is coming for your friends.

And Moiraine has fought his
forces with everything she has.

If she cares about them so much,
then why did she leave them?

She didn't.

I did.

She can't move...

let alone find them
in her condition.

You're a healer.

You think I'm gonna help her?

You will if you want
to help your friends.

Don't move.

We both know

that you won't.

[grunting]

Ooh, you actually tried
to k*ll me.

Let go of me.

- [grunting]
- [groaning]

[grunting]

[Rand] [echoing] Egwene!

Perrin!

Egwene!

Perrin!

Can you see them?

If they made it out
of the city...

They made it.

- Egwene!
- Look, Rand, Rand, Rand,

we're gonna find them.

We will. Promise you.

But we're gonna be no help to
them if we get ourselves k*lled.

All right?

Who knows what's out there
that can hear us?

Let's find a way home. Yeah?

And if we find them
along the way...

They're not going back home.

Moiraine said the Trollocs
would come back if we did.

She said we need to go
to the White Tower.

And you believe Moiraine?

Egwene does.

And what do you want us to do?

Just walk to the White Tower?

How we gonna get there?

They say all roads lead there.

That's not how roads work.

It's east.

We know that.

Come on, Rand.

Last thing you ever wanted to do
was leave home.

We both know that.

It won't be home without them.

[sniffs]

[wind howling]

[wolves yipping in distance]

[grunting, panting]

[wolf howls]

[Egwene] Those wolves,

I think they're following us!

There.

[Perrin] Keep going! Come on.

Let's light a fire.
It'll keep them back.

[grunts]

[barking in distance]

[howling]

[panting]

- [grunting]
- [barking in distance]

[groans]

I'm sorry. I'll get it.

[grunting]

Don't worry. I'll get it.

[straining]

Come on. Come on. Come on.

[grunting, panting]

Come on! [panting]

[shouts]

[shudders]

[blowing]

[breathing heavily]

Was that me or you?

[chuckles softly]

If you wouldn't mind channeling
us some food or water...

[both chuckle softly]

[howling in distance]

Do you think they're all right?

[sniffs] I don't know.

But I know
where Rand will be headed.

Back home.

We can't go back.

- We have to.
- We can't.

And they won't either.

And how do you know?

Because I know Rand.

He'll go where he thinks
you're going.

- [shudders]
- Come here.

I'll keep watch.

You get warm, get some rest.

[sighs]

[exhales]

[howling in distance]

[inhales deeply]

[birds singing]

[Moiraine panting softly]

[whimpering softly]

- [exhales]
- [footsteps approaching]

[Nynaeve breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[exhales sharply]

- [cork pops]
- [exhales]

[gulps]

[exhales, panting]

Are you ready to help now?

If I help her,

she best give me
the answers I want.

Are you really in a position
to be making demands?

It's not a demand,
it's a thr*at.

She's gonna die
without treatment.

You know that.

I don't see another Wisdom
around here.

Do you?

[exhales]

♪ ♪

You don't have to stand there
like that.

I'm not gonna run off.

Fine.

You want to ask, so just ask.

You said you tracked me.

All the way from the Two Rivers
to Shadar Logoth.

How?

Said you could ask,
not that I'd answer.

All right, I'm ready.

♪ ♪

I've heard about the bond

between an Aes Sedai
and her Warder,

that you feel what she feels.

So get ready,
because this is going to hurt.

[Moiraine groaning]

♪ ♪

[Moiraine groaning softly]

Now we give it time.

♪ ♪

[rain falling]

- [thunder crashes loudly]
- [panting]

[snarling]

[inhales sharply]

Laila?

[wind howling]

[jingling]

Laila?

♪ ♪

[sniffing]

[crunching]

- [gasping]
- [growling]

[Laila] I know.

- [gasps]
- [screeching]

- Perrin! Perrin!
- [gasping]

The wolves, they're close.

[wolves howling]

[Perrin] Quick, run.

[Egwene] [panting] This way!

[wolves barking, howling]

[panting]

- Hurry!
- Come on!

[snarling]

- [gasps]
- I've got you! Keep going!

[barking]

- [grunts, screams]
- [grunts]

Come on! This way!

- [pants]
- [snarling]

Hurry! Hurry! Go.

- [shrieks]
- I'll hold them off!

[shrieks] No! Come on!

[grunts]

[howling]

- [wind blowing]
- [gasping]

[wolves howling]

[panting]

Why have they stopped?

We have to keep moving. Come on.

Egwene.

[wolves howling]

[panting]

- [birds singing]
- [wind blowing]

sh*t, it's cold.

How about we, uh... trade coats?

Come on.

Think of the kids who'll read
stories about you someday.

Mat Cauthon,

the man who once walked
while a little chilly.

You funny now?

[panting]

That's a new wrinkle.

Let's at least start going
downhill instead of up, eh?

Eh?

- [panting]
- [clacking in distance]

What's that, then?

Downhill.

[chuckles softly]

♪ ♪

Well, this seems
like a friendly place.

Nice way to welcome people.

So you'll be
on best behavior, then.

[cage creaking]

Come on.

[Mat] Wonder why we never had
one of these in Two Rivers.

Charming, really.

♪ ♪

[clacking]

- [horse neighs]
- [indistinct chatter]

- [creaking]
- [horse neighs]

- [jangling]
- [man shouts]

[cheering]

[lively chatter and laughter]

[group] Drink! Drink! Drink!

[cheering]

- Welcome, gents.
- [coins clinking]

[chatter, laughter]

We've only got enough for food.

- [Dana] Soup's good today.
- Yeah.

Has anyone else
come into town today?

Our age.

A woman with a braid
or a big man.

A blacksmith.

No, the only other fresh one
in town's a gleeman.

Best quiet down.
He's about to do another song.

[laughter]

[floor creaking]

Shh, quiet.

[tuning]

♪ The colors of his morning ♪

♪ The darkness of his night ♪

♪ Little graves
that gave no warning ♪

♪ A sun that brought no light ♪

♪ He saw his whole world
breaking ♪

♪ That tortured soul I met ♪

♪ In a prison of his making ♪

♪ The man who can't forget ♪

♪ I can still hear
the way that he cried ♪

♪ For the ones he was missing ♪

♪ I can still hear
the way that he cried ♪

♪ For the ones he had lost ♪

♪ He saw them in the rivers ♪

♪ He felt them in the rain ♪

♪ In dreams
he heard them whisper ♪

♪ The truth that is his pain ♪

♪ He caused
the whole world's breaking ♪

♪ That tortured soul I met ♪

♪ In a prison of his making ♪

♪ The man who can't forget ♪♪

[clanging in distance]

[guitar thumps]

All right, we all gonna cry?

Or do we want another round?

[cheering]

Oh, sorry. [grunts]

Yeah, don't worry, mate.

- That's for you.
- Thank you, thank you.

[grunts]

[chuckles softly]

Donation for the gleeman?

Too depressed for charity,
I'm afraid.

But if you two think
you can do better,

go on, then.

Don't let him bait you. [grunts]

Anyone but him here sings
ends up in the lake.

That'll be three coppers.

We didn't order that beer
for him.

Donation for the gleeman.

It's all right.

[sighs]

You cannot trust anyone in here.

- [coins clink]
- Come on.

Donation for the gleeman.

And a small fee
for the life lesson.

Bloody expensive lesson.

The best ones are.

[chuckles softly]

Come on.

- [door opens]
- Sit down.

[door closes]

[wind blowing]

[wolves howling]

[barking in distance]

[howling]

[Egwene] They're still there.

Look.

Fresh tracks.

And deep.

And carrying lots of people.

Who do you think they could be?

I... don't know.

Traders?

Maybe Whitecloaks.

[inhales sharply]

Well, whoever they are...

...they've headed east,
towards the White Tower.

The wolves, Perrin.

It's almost like they,
they led us here.

We should stay well back until
we know who we're following.

[wind blowing]

[lively chatter]

Have we got enough money
to pay for tonight?

I have. You got robbed.

Come on. Let's see if
that barmaid has a room for us.

Come on.

All right, out with it, then.

I can tell
when a lad wants something.

[grunting]

- My friend and I find ourselves in...
- [sniffing]

...dire financial straits
and in need of a place to sleep,

just for the night.

We throw ourselves at the feet
of your mercy

and charity.

[Dana] Go on, then.

[chuckles softly]

Uh, we're looking
for somewhere cheap,

even if it's just a tarp.

We have some money
or we can work for it.

Save your money.

Light knows I need the help.
[exhales]

Come on.

- [dogs barking]
- [chickens clucking]

Start by splitting all that.
[grunts]

I'm sure two strong lads
like you can manage.

[dogs barking]

Isn't she a bit...
young for you?

Thought Moiraine
was more your speed.

I make exceptions.

Come on.

We'll take turns.

Do you think she's up for it?

The wood, Mat.

We'll alternate.

[sniffs]

To be fair, you are the one
who said we'd do this.

And you're the reason we're
in this sh*t town to begin with.

What's going on with you?

Nothing.

This is the least of what we're
going to have to do to make it

- to the White Tower.
- [chuckles]

You think this will be easy?

You're serious, aren't you?

What do you mean?

- About all this shite.
- What are you on about?

Oh, come on, Rand. Aes Sedai?

White Tower? One of us
being the Dragon Reborn?

It's a bloody joke.

And the worst kind,
one that's gone on way too long.

Egwene and Perrin aren't going
to the White Tower.

They're probably dead.

You don't believe that.

Even if they aren't...

you don't need to go there
for her.

She wouldn't do it for you.

You are such a prick.

Go on, then.

I'll handle this.

You do whatever you want,
like always.

[grunts]

- [chatter, laughter]
- [clears throat]

[Dana] Finished already?

Rand's a woodsman.

More than capable himself.

Thought it might be best
if we split our efforts.

Something tells me
your efforts aren't worth much.

Depends entirely
on the exercise.

Huh. Latrine cleaning?

[chuckles]

[inhales] No.

Washing sheets?

Mm, prefer to sleep in them.

- I've got an idea.
- Mm-hmm.

Why don't you tell me
what you can do

and I'll see
if I can find you something.

[sucks teeth] Well...

back home, I was, uh,
pretty well-off.

Horse trader.

Thank goodness you're here.

Everybody!

Everybody, I have a horse trader
with no horses here.

- [quietly] All right.
- Does anyone need a horse trader

with no horses?

[jeering, laughter]

No one cares about anything

other than when
the next beer's coming.

So it's your choice:

serve beer or chop wood.

I'm usually the one drinking.

[gasps]

Then you'll know how pissed off
people get waiting for one.

[shouting, laughter]

Come on. What you waiting for?

[man] Come on!

[cheering]

[chuckles] Too pretty
for the mines, were we?

Barmaid with stubble.

Blunted my razor
shaving your wife's back.

[laughing]

[patron] [laughs]
Hey, Dana, who is this?

Where'd you find him?

I don't know. He just showed up.

- Might keep him around, though.
- [coins clinking]

He amuses.

They tipped you.

[chuckles softly]

Saving up for something nice?

Just trying to get home.

And here's me thinking
this was the spot

you'd always dreamed of.

Shame.

Breen's Spring ain't
exactly the place to find a man

who can string
an entire sentence together.

[both chuckle]

So, where's home?

The Two... of us are
from Baerlon.

Back west.

You don't know the quickest way
to get back?

Riverboat. [grunts softly]

But you'll need more tips
than that.

How much more?

A few hundred tables more.

Double if your friend's going
with you.

I'm only gonna need one ticket.

Bit of a shame
you're headed home.

I like the fact you got out.

Here, we're born in this dirt,

spend our lives digging in it,

until, one day, they cover us up

with a few shovelfuls
of the same stuff.

And all these bastards know
everything about me.

The ones that stuck around have
known me since I was a girl.

But some place new,

some place new
you can be whatever you want.

No one's gonna know
the dirt you were born in.

I've got people who need me.

So I'm gonna get back, somehow.

Whether I need to beg,
borrow or steal.

I'd think about that last one,

unless you want to end up
in a cage.

[birds singing]

[breathing shallowly]

[Nynaeve] The poison...

it's not like anything
I've seen before.

[Moiraine whimpers]

I worry it...

I'll be back.

Where are you going?

What happened
to watching my every move?

You'll keep her safe.

You need to.

[horse snorts]

Don't be so sure.

- [clicks tongue]
- [horse snorting]

Hah.

[horse neighs]

Hyah! Hyah!

[panting softly]

[Perrin exhales]

We won't be able to see
too far ahead in there.

Let me go first.

I'll come back for you
if it's safe.

No. We go together
or we don't go at all.

No, I'm just going to see.

I'll just see who it is.

You don't have to protect me,
Perrin.

All right?

It's not your fault...

what happened.

[quietly] It is.

It's not.

It's not your fault.

[crying softly]

♪ ♪

Come on.

Let's go.

[bird screeches]

[rustling]

[cracking]

[muffled] Perrin.

- Perrin, what is it?
- [howling]

- [barking, howling]
- [exhales sharply]

What do you want?

[man] Do you know the song?

Do you know the song?

What?

[dog whining]

They don't know it
or they'd have answered.

"Your welcome warms our spirit

as your fires warm the flesh,

but we do not know the song."

That's the important bit.

Go on.

Say it.

"Y-Your welcome warms our...

our spirit as your fire
warms the flesh, but...

w-we do not know the song."

We-we don't know the song.

Satisfied?

"Then we seek still.

As it was, so shall it be,

if we but remember,
seek and find."

I'm Ila.

This is Raen.

You both look awful.

- [horses neighing]
- [indistinct chatter]

[children laughing]

Please.

♪ ♪

Who are you?

[children squealing]

Come on, now.

Our reputation precedes us,
wherever we go.

Ill-earned, that reputation.

We're the Tuatha'an,

the Traveling People.

The people who steal
your gold and your children.

Aram.

Surely you've heard
of the Tinkers?

Our fires are open to all,

for as long as you need them.

And you two,

you look like you need them.

♪ ♪

[grunts]

[panting softly]

[exhales]

[dogs barking in distance]

[panting]

I let your friend off
an hour ago.

Figured he'd join you.

Not until all the work's done,
I'm sure.

That's plenty for now.

And the next year, probably.

So, it's all right
if we stay out here?

I'll do you one better.

Come on.

[cheering in distance]

[Rand] Honestly,

we'll be fine under the tarps.

You could fill this
with another paying customer.

Do you think
I see any of that coin?

No, you and Mat... [grunts]

...you earned a real roof.

And this will give you
plenty of privacy.

You can be as loud as you want,

and no one will hear a thing.

Nothing like a bit
of slap and tickle

to sort out relationship woes.

[chuckles] Mat and I,
we're not...

Sorry. It's none of my business
what a man decides to do

with his...
I'll keep my gob shut.

- We're not together.
- You sure?

Well, things seem pretty tense

- for friends.
- Yeah, if I wanted a man,

I could do better.

[chuckles] I didn't know.

I can't tell.

These beers are on the house
for you both,

whatever you are.

Well, have his.

He's done bugger all.

Unless you're working.

Oh.

If you don't think
I drink on the job,

then you
have sorely misjudged me.

[rapid hoofbeats]

[birds singing]

[wind whistling]

[horse neighs]

[horse snorting softly]

[wheezing]

[groans softly]

[exhales]

[mumbles]

[weakly] S-Siuan.

[horse neighs]

S... [exhales]

I found what we're looking for.

Can she ride?

[Nynaeve] The poultice will give
her energy for a few hours,

maybe more.

- But after that...
- [exhales]

[wind blowing]

- [insects trilling]
- [cage creaking]

[dog barking in distance]

[gleeman] What are you doing,
boy?

Could ask the same of you,

old man.

Don't want to hurt you.

You'll bleed out

before you could lay a finger
on me.

I've not survived Trollocs
to die at the hands of a singer.

I'm not here for you.

I'm here to bury him.

What kind of farm boy from the
Two Rivers has met a Trolloc?

Who says
I'm from the Two Rivers?

It's written all over you.

Your speech, your dress,

your asinine attitude.

Stubborn as a mule.

Come.

Help me get him down.

[Mat] What'd he do?

This wasn't justice.

I heard them, in town,
bragging about k*lling an Aiel.

He's an Aiel?

Aren't many things
outside accent and dress

that can tell you
where a person's from.

But it is rare
to see that color of hair

outside the Aiel Waste.

Stories say
they're as bad as Trollocs.

Mine don't.

They're fighters, yes,

but they're honor-bound ones.

You see,

it's only when they're veiled
you should worry.

That's when you're as good
as dead.

Now, he...

was no thr*at.

He was m*rder*d by cowards

who feared something
they didn't understand.

This is the last time
I'll ask you.

What are you doing here?

Need money...

to get home.

[sniffs]

Thought he might have some.

Not like he needs it.

We've all had desperate moments.

Tell me when you're finished.

[dogs barking in distance]

[grunts softly]

[soft rattling]

I'm sorry.

I've got sisters who need me.

[exhales]

I'm done.

[footsteps approaching]

♪ ♪

If you're gonna take
from the dead,

the least you can do
is bury them.

[cheering in distance]

[Dana laughs]

So are you from Baerlon as well?

Scuse me?

Mat said
he's heading back there.

Mat says a lot of things.

- [chuckles]
- Yeah, I'm from, uh, Baerlon.

Why'd you leave?

I needed to get away.

Mat did, too.

Ooh, are you in trouble?

It's complicated.

Then why are you letting him
go back alone, then?

I'm going east.

Where?

[groans] I'm not prying.

Maybe I can help.

I know all the places.
I hear the miners

and the travelers
talk about everywhere.

And here I am, just hearing,
when I want to be seeing.

Seeing what?

[exhales]

Stone of Tear.

The Lion Throne of Caemlyn.

An Ogier Stedding.

Maybe even a Trolloc. [chuckles]

Hmm.

Why don't you?

The Wheel hasn't given me
many choices,

and the ones that I've made
have left me here.

You know what's funny? I...

I never gave much thought
to the Wheel before all this.

I just always done
what I thought was right,

then moved on to the next thing
and tried to do right again.

[chuckles softly]

But now...

...I don't know.

I don't know what's right.

I don't know what to do.

I don't know sh*t, really.

[chuckles softly]

[chuckles]

I'm sorry. I didn't...

- No, I'm sorry.
- ...didn't mean to...

I came on too strong, didn't I?

- No, it has nothing to do with you.
- [exhales sharply]

It's just that I...

Was it the hair?

- [door closes, lock clicks]
- What?

No, I shouldn't have braided it.

Makes me look too much like her,
doesn't it?

Like who?

Egwene.

I really like you, Rand.

I think it would be better
if you just got back on the bed.

How do you know her name?

I said get on the bed.

[grunting]

[Rand grunts]

- [grunts]
- [shouts]

[panting]

What are you doing?

Waiting.

For what?

Mat.

I need him, too.

You know, I didn't think
you'd be this sweet.

Makes it harder.

[breathing heavily, shouts]

[gleeman] Rest, warrior
of the Three-fold Land.

May your soul find water

and shade.

What's your name, lad?

Mat Cauthon.

Thom Merrilin.

Now that we're, uh...
acquaintances,

are you gonna give me
my money back?

[coins jangling]

[Thom chuckles]

I see you denied me
the opportunity.

Take care, lad.

Don't let me find you hanging
in a cage someday, huh?

♪ ♪

Help! [panting]

Why do you think I brought
you here? That door is made

of ironwood. Three men your size
couldn't break it down.

And like I said,

no one can hear a thing outside.

[grunting]

Rand, come on!

[grunts, panting]

[shouts]

[panting]

[roars]

[panting]

[woman] What is it?

- Mat!
- What? What?

- [pants] She's got my sword!
- What happened?

Run! Go! [panting]

- [grunts] - Run!
- Come back here!

[man] What's going on out there?

[panting]

Rand! Here!

[woman gasps]

Out of the way!

[grunts]

[panting] This way.

[indistinct shouts]

[grunts]

[Dana panting]

[Mat] Dana.

What are you doing?

I see you.

At night, in my dreams.
All five of you.

But only one of you matters.

Only one of you can be it.

- Five?
- Be what?

The Dragon.

Who are you?

Doesn't matter who I am.

What matters is
who I'm gonna be.

The last time someone brought
the Dragon to the Dark One,

we still remember his name
3,000 years on.

Ishamael.

And to think, of all the people
who serve the Dark,

from fishermen to queens,

it'll be me who brings you
to him this time.

Me.

You'd let the Dark One k*ll us?

He doesn't want to k*ll you.

That's what the Aes Sedai want.

He wants you to save us.

Can't you see that?

The Wheel keeps turning,
and people keep hurting.

Every man who comes
to this shite town has a story.

Flood, drought, w*r,

sisters murdering
their brothers,

children k*lling their parents.

But the Dragon...

the Dragon has a chance
to change all that.

Break the Wheel.

Make it stop.

We're gonna leave now.

Are you?

I called one of them.

It's already on its way.

What?

- One of what?
- One of what?

One of the Eyeless.

And you can't outrun a Fade.

[grunts]

[choking]

[stammers]

[Rand] You just...

Didn't you hear her?

She's a Darkfriend, boy.

Sworn body and soul
to the Dark One.

If what she said is true,
we need to leave now.

We're not going anywhere
with you.

Suit yourself, if you think the
Fade will be better for company.

Where are you going?

East.

And fast.

Are you coming?

East is good. East is good.

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We've been heading southwest
for three hours now.

You care to tell me why?

[horse snorting]

Moiraine, we need you now.

[horse neighs]

[horse neighs in distance]

[horse sputters]

Moiraine Sedai.

Liandrin Sedai.

If you're here to help,
you're too late.

Oh, didn't you hear?

We captured a man
calling himself

the Dragon Reborn.

[rattling]

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[horse neighs]

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