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Summary
Before entering Rhuidean, Rand confides to Mat about what happened with Elayne, prompting Mat to make an impulsive gesture.
After Rhuidean, neither of them mention it for months, dealing with their separate traumas.
Then, before the battle with Couladin in Cairhien, they finally continue the conversation.
"Didn't Egwene just break up with you, too? Your luck with women isn't terribly good right now."
"Thank you for the reminder," Rand said, though he didn't sound offended. Mat congratulated himself for mentioning Egwene. He'd had a feeling that Rand was more bemused by their breakup than he was heartbroken. "Maybe I should swear off them entirely."
"What, and go for men instead?" Mat joked but then he saw a cautious light in Rand's eyes and- hmm. "Do you go for men?" It had never come up — not with Rand being all but promised to Egwene for most of their lives. "Any men in particular? Don't pick Lan. Nynaeve would kill you."
Rand flicked an amused glance in Mat's direction. Amused and maybe a touch relieved. "Not Lan," he said. "Not everyone likes people their parents' age, Mat."
Series
- Part 1 of colors no one knows the names of