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[righthandedragon]

[ Hello Vatheon. The SFC bounces to the ground and look! Its a somewhat vaguely familiar rather tall redhead.

Taking a nap on the coral.

All normal, right? Totally. Nice coat, simple shirt, dark pants...

All with a suspicious amount of red stain along his left side.

Totally all normal.

Bother him? ]

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[princeoftheravens]

...Scabbed over is flaming good for those wounds, Lloyd. I don't think they've ever gotten more than scabbed over.

[Lloyd, it's really not a big deal-- Mat grabs onto one of Rand's arms, doing as he asked and tugging him up.

And Rand's better now. He doesn't think he's a ferret anymore.]

Just trust us on this. If we wait for it to heal more, we might be here for most of the day.

[righthandedragon]

[ Mat, he never thought he was a ferret.

Rand leans on Mat for a little bit, before straightening a little gingerly. He's taller than Regal, Lloyd. Almost as tall as Dhaos. ]

And it might not do much good. I'll stock up on bandaging again, or something.

[ and have a smile, Lloyd. ]

Hello, Lloyd, I'm Rand.

[ As if listening to Mat wouldn't have told Lloyd that, but shhh.

Don't mind him, but that odd crystal like sword that had been just sitting there floats up to Rand's grip. There's a spot for it on his belt. ]

[redcladidealist]

[Oh, right, picking Rand up. Lloyd adds his assistance to this effort. Whoa, this guy is tall!]

Rand, huh? I'd say it's nice to meet you, but... Are you sure that you're all right? If scabbed over is the best that wound ever gets, that sounds really bad- oh!

[He starts in surprise when the crystal sword floats up.]

How'd you do that?!

[princeoftheravens]

Blood and bloody ashes, Rand! [He should have expected him to channel, but honestly he didn't think the flaming medallion would go cold just then.

He'll let Rand answer Lloyd's questions though, just shifting to glare at his friend and readjust Rand's arm.]

A little more warning next time.

[righthandedragon]

Magic. A bit of Air, really.

Mat doesn't like it, but I'm rather used to it by now.

[redcladidealist]

You're a magic user?

[Lloyd blinked in surprise, but unlike Mat, the news didn't alarm him one bit. Why should it? Several of his friends and teachers could do magic.]

I had no idea someone could use air magic like that. It always seemed like pretty wild stuff.

[He cast a glance at Mat, thinking he's figured out what bothered the other man.]

Did you think he was about to cast Cyclone or something?

[princeoftheravens]

Rand can use bloody saidin. [It's a bit different.

...Light! Lloyd... Mat brings his free hand up to his face, suppressing a groan before pulling out the foxhead medallion.]

No, I didn't think he was about to 'cast' anything. I felt him use the flaming weaves because of this bloody thing.

[He likes the medallion, but it was flaming cold.]

[righthandedragon]

I've never tried to play with Cyclones-

[ Oh no, Lloyd, you're giving Rand Ideas. ]

And Mat, saidin isn't bloody. I cleaned it, remember? And got rid of Shadar Logoth as well.

[ That had been entirely intentional on his point. Maybe that would have turned the bragging contest to his favor- ]

We're usually called channelers, or Aes Sedai, but 'Magic user' is definitely accurate.

[ He'll neglect to mention he's the only male Aes Sedai because he's insane and remembers being one. Its all fluffy details- ]

[redcladidealist]

...what's saidin?

[The term wasn't familiar to him at all. No remorse about giving Rand ideas, though. Hey, Wind Blades and Cyclones are pretty common spells, at least with the company he hangs with. Just so long as it's not targeting him, he sees nothing wrong with it!]

Aes Sedai, huh. That sounds pretty cool!

[Lloyd's brow furrows at Mat's comment, though, and he directs his next words at him.]

If you don't like it, why don't you just take it off? What does it even do?

[princeoftheravens]

It's the male half of the One Power. And you know what I meant.

[...Well, Aes Sedai does mean Servant of All. Even if most of them don't act like it any more.

Mat sighs, slipping the medallion back under his shirt.]

I like the bloody medallion. It makes it so saidin and saidar can't affect me. But it gets flaming cold when they do.

[righthandedragon]

It means that people have to ask him if they want to heal them. Some of the Aes Sedai... don't.

[ It also means that if a Dreadlord, or Forsaken show up, Mat is the safest person about. ]

The Inn is still standing?

[ He'd like to get a seat, and some dry clothing. ]

[redcladidealist]

They have to ask? Why wouldn't he want to be healed?

[That implies that Mat would be hurt, and who wants to be hurt?

To Mat-]

Have you thought about wrapping it up in a bag, or something warm so it doesn't feel cold?

[princeoftheravens]

[You did not just--]

Because of what happened the last time they flaming Healed me!

[Losing your bloody memories and being ravenous for quite a while after - as well as nearly dying because of it...It actually isn't that much of a surprise he doesn't want to be Healed again.

He exhales, nodding at Rand's question.]

Yeah, it's still up. [To Lloyd again.] And being able to feel it lets me know if someone I haven't seen is trying to kill me with the flaming One Power.

[righthandedragon]

It really is rather useful. [ To Lloyd. ] In a non-magic way to think of it, its not only being immune to a poison, or a blow to the back, but knowing someone nearby has tried something. And the healing we know, ah... has a toll on the body. It isn't that nice to just heal someone, and take a weeks strength from them.

[ Or a few months. ]

Ah, that's good. I think I can make it there, shall we go?

[redcladidealist]

Huh. I didn't think of it like that. When you put it that way, that sounds really neat! Is there any way I can get one, too?

[Yup, typical Lloyd, responding to something shiny and new and interesting!]

Whoa. No wonder you'd want them to ask. Unless they were trying to save your life, right? Like if you were dying?

[princeoftheravens]

[Mat brings a hand up to rub at his forehead.]

Elayne isn't here, so no. And I nearly died when they tried to save my life.

[Which means no. He always wants them to ask.

The dagger was bad enough, but recovering from it was almost worse.]