[ The question draws little outward reaction aside from an arch of her brows -- but then, that's just Moiraine and most Aes Sedai, anyway.
The truth is that she is. At one point, Moiraine was in line for the throne of Cairhien. That she chose to abandon politics and distance herself from the sullied name of House Damodred in favor of devoting herself to her work as Aes Sedai doesn't make the circumstances of her birth anything but what they are.
This is how she finds out the Three Oaths still hold her: she parts her lips to say no, and the lie dies in her throat before it can even reach her tongue. Well. That settles that. She diverts quickly into a deflection. ]
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The truth is that she is. At one point, Moiraine was in line for the throne of Cairhien. That she chose to abandon politics and distance herself from the sullied name of House Damodred in favor of devoting herself to her work as Aes Sedai doesn't make the circumstances of her birth anything but what they are.
This is how she finds out the Three Oaths still hold her: she parts her lips to say no, and the lie dies in her throat before it can even reach her tongue. Well. That settles that. She diverts quickly into a deflection. ]
What makes you ask that?
[ She's more curious about this, anyway. ]