ALT An homage to the Frederic William Burton painting “Meeting in the Turret Stairs." Siuan, in her Amyrlin regalia, ascends the stairs toward the light, as she passes by Moiraine, in her traveling clothes, descending into the dark. Moiraine, mid-step, clutches Siuan's right arm to her chest with both hands, kissing it, while an anguished Siuan braces her left hand against a pillar.

ALT Moiraine and Siuan lie in bed within the fishing hut, curtain half-drawn behind them, letting in a soft sliver of golden sunlight. Moiraine is on her back, dark hair spilled across her pillow and shoulders, her long, white sleeping shirt parted over her chest. Siuan rests to her side, leaning over her in a cascade of curls, her red, paisley robe slipping from her tattooed shoulder. They are smiling fondly at each other. Moiraine cradles Siuan's jaw in one hand and clutches Siuan's arm with the other, which lies across her middle, holding her side. Siuan's other hand rests atop Moiraine's head. Moiraine has one bare calf hooked around the back of Siuan's knee.

ALT Moiraine and Siuan lie in the narrow bed of one of their Accepted rooms within the White Tower. Siuan sleeps on her side, wearing a white nightgown, one arm folded under her head and the other resting on Moiraine's side. Moiraine, wearing the same white nightgown, is tucked against her, face nestled in her neck, one arm curled into her own chest and the other draped across Siuan's hip. Candles burn dimly in the shelved alcove beside them, stacked upon books.