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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Valkys" data-source="post: 135829" data-attributes="member: 2653">Sirsei cocks an eyebrow, Well, no surprise there. She looks Lila in the eye, "No, he is none of the above." She holds out a hand, ticking off the items on her finger, "He isn't a Darkfriend, that I know of, though I suppose he could be. And he isn't Shadowspawn. Though I will say the trollocs last night were more polite and had better manners.""If I were good at twisting words, I might suggest that he had indirectly threatened my safety. Unfortunately, I can't do that either." She shrugs nonchalantly."And he wouldn't have made me angry had he merely accepted the suggestion I offered. I believe I said I thought he should be more diplomatic in his choice of words. It would certainly improve his demeanor and my impression of him."A light sparks in her eyes as a dim memory of the angry rekindles, "However, he felt it was necessary to carry things one step further and insult me because of my 'common' birth. I simply carried things to the next step."She exhales slowly, calming herself.  She tries to sound humble, but it doesn't come across all that well, "I don't need to justify myself. I didn't break any of the Oaths.""I swear never to use the One Power as a weapon, except against Shadowspawn, or in the last extreme defense of my own life, the life of my Warder, or the life of another Aes Sedai," she repeats the Oath as she learned it, a hint of annoyance in her voice, though it isn't directed at Lila."I didn't use the Power as a weapon against him. I am allowed to intimidate, threaten, cajole, wheedle, coax, browbeat, bully, dictate, convince, entreat, or whatever, so long as I don't lie about it. And at the moment when I was threatening him, I assure you, I wasn't making idle threats."She is suddenly full of righteous indignation, "I will not be dominated or controlled. The Amyrlin herself may hold my allegiance and eventually my leash. But no mere man, especially not that overbearing windbag is going to hold one bit of power over me, no matter what he expects because of my birth. My mother..."She trails off, realizing she has gone from trying to explain herself to giving a tirade. She closes her eyes, and has the good sense to blush, "I'm sorry Lila Sedai. I only meant to say that I didn't break any of the Oaths." Yet, she adds silently.</blockquote>

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