Min Farshaw enters a courtyard in the Stone of Tear and spots Rand al'Thor, now wearing an old, long brown cloak over his clothes. The bond between her and Rand seems to be warmer now. She notices that the air around him seems to be distorting around him due to his ta'veren nature and observes some new viewings floating around him. Rand looks at her and his eyes seem to be deeper, with new wrinkles around them. After worrying about losing Rand for good, he smiles at her for the first time in a very long while and his innocent youth shows through to her. After hugging each other Min tells Rand that Alanna Mosvani has vanished. He tells her he felt her go northwards in the direction of Arafel. She is worried the Shadow will use her to get to him, but he tells her the Shadow knows where he is