[ that surprises a grin out of him, a flash of bright humor. he's never particularly thought of nynaeve that way, but she's undeniably pretty. and egwene, not that he's biased, is the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. but bias or no, he has eyes, and akua is stunning. ]

Very, [ he agrees.

but the humor is short-lived, bleeds out quickly enough in the face of the subject at hand. (the situation at hand. everything, really, at hand.) ]

They may still come here, [ he offers. ] We arrived, and some people before us. No one seems to know how or why it happens, but it might not be over.