A Journey North

[Emily Shale-Vanders]

Amelia Thorne

Amelia wasn't easily impressed, but the young Misaki did. She had a maturity beyond her years. She showed no fear or awe at being in the presence of an Aes Sedai. At the same time, she showed appropriate protocol for meeting one of her statures. For a young lady just approaching adolescence, she was well trained. Leodon was right. She was well spoken and the Borderlands bred iron. She would make a good Aes Sedai. Amelia wondered if she had been tested. It was likely, but she would wait for a different opportunity to ask.

Amelia gave her a respectful bow. "A pleasure, Lady Misaki," she said, her voice sincere and the change to her name and title (instead of child) deliberate. She wasn't one to be disingenuous with protocols.

Leodon continued with the niceties asking Lady Graciela if she had anything. Quite frankly, Amelia would have been content to wait if something came up. She would check among the soldiers and civilians in the camp on their own. It was something she was used to. In fact, she had spent a great deal of time recently working alone. Ever since the change in leadership of the White Tower, Amelia had been out taking care of refugees. She wasn't in a rush to return with the deposition of a Blue Sister as Amyrlin.

Lady Graciela suggested checking with Lady Nicole, and that's when Amelia noticed it. A hesitation in a man who would seldom hesitate. There could be a myriad of reasons for it. Amelia filed the information away for later use. It wasn't time to ask about it or bring it up. Leodon was quick to recover and ask the young man who had found Graciela to find her. 

Amelia turned back to Lady Graciela after he left. This woman and her daughter were from Shienar and in meeting them, she felt the threads pulling her towards the Borderlands shift, a confirmation that she was heading the right direction. This meeting was supposed to happen. She was sure of it. "Lady Graciela," her voice was firm, but not unkind. "While we wait for Lady Nicole, I would very much like to hear of your journey from Shienar to Caemlyn." Amelia had only recently discovered that the news of things being calm in the Borderlands was false, even if she had already assumed that was the case.