[ She may be slightly scolding him, which is partly just an Aes Sedai thing of needing to appear to be in charge, but it's not at all malicious -- and in any case she understands not having much of an appetite in a situation like this. Still-- ]
You should keep your strength up. We may yet have need of it.
[ For what, Moiraine doesn't know. But he looks like a powerful man -- someone she might have picked for a potential Warder, in another time -- and she is as good as defenseless like this, with the ability to touch the One Power just at her fingertips but not quite there. One can hardly blame her for wanting someone who looks like he might be able to defend her if worse comes to worst. ]
My name is Moiraine. May I have yours?
[ Politeness, just now, costs her nothing, and as ever the noblewoman's manners show through. ]
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You should keep your strength up. We may yet have need of it.
[ For what, Moiraine doesn't know. But he looks like a powerful man -- someone she might have picked for a potential Warder, in another time -- and she is as good as defenseless like this, with the ability to touch the One Power just at her fingertips but not quite there. One can hardly blame her for wanting someone who looks like he might be able to defend her if worse comes to worst. ]
My name is Moiraine. May I have yours?
[ Politeness, just now, costs her nothing, and as ever the noblewoman's manners show through. ]