CHAPTER 39 Promises to Keep

劝说沙袋们的会议。
实际上不是真的劝说。
但我仍然觉着很奇怪，Perrin且不说，Mat是非常强的ta'veren，而Rand则是除了LTT之外最强的ta'veren，但这两个人似乎很少能对身边的女性劝说成功的。被女人们逼到绝路，说出心里话并使其达到目的的情况到数不胜数。
所以乔丹的意见是，女人比Creator或者DO都可怕。
 All but Sumeko, anyway; thumbs tucked behind her long red belt, the round woman kept frowning at the Aes Sedai, then shaking her head, frowning, then shaking her head.
Sumeko是因为治疗的事发现沙袋们没有自己想象的那样了不起了？还是因为别的什么？
在场的还有好多Sea Fork女人。以Mat对她们的了解，是非常奇怪的组合，各个级别的人都有。其实这些人是被挑出来帮助使用风之碗的会引导的女人。
Renaile din Calon Blue Star：Nesta din Reas Two Moons的Windfinder，双月是Mistress of the Ships。
Every Atha’an Miere, man or woman, began as the lowest deckhand whether they were destined one day to become the Master of the Blades or the Mistress of the Ships herself, and every step of the way between, the Sea Folk were sticklers for rank to make any king or Aes Sedai look a sloven. 
海民的风俗，所有人都要从低做起。

Mat的Gholam讲解，其实是来自Birgitte的知识：
Gholam were created in the middle of the War of the Power, during the Age of Legends
They were made to assassinate Aes Sedai. No other reason. To kill people who could channel. 
The One Power won’t help you; the Power won’t touch a gholam. In fact, they can sense the ability to channel, if they’re within, say, fifty paces of you. They can feel the power in you, too. 
They look just like anybody else. On the outside. Inside. . . . Gholam
have no bones; they can squeeze themselves under a door.
And they’re strong enough to rip a door off steel hinges with one hand.
There were only six gholam made—three male and three female
这点最可怕，一共有六只，三男三女。
Either way, we know one is in Ebou Dar, probably kept alive since the Breaking in a stasis-box.
另外五只会在哪里？也在保险柜里？这个东西是不会死的，山崩地裂的时刻，被压在山下他们恐怕还是可以钻出来，如果沉在海里呢？
总之就是作弊了一样强，挨打不掉血，魔防百分之百，敏捷百分之二百。甚至还有过专门讨论如何杀死他的主题。
银狐狸头对引导造成的间接伤害是不能防御的，Gholam可不可以？
Falion Bhoda：Ispan被抓住，Falion逃走了。
Was it just a case of “Mat wants to be in charge so much, let him see how well he can do without us”?
从奈奈和小兰的态度发现，不是她们不想走，而是有原因让她们不能走。Sea Folk又要交易才肯跟她们离开，所以她们和Mat作对，是想再一次利用他，让他以ta'veren效应劝说海民。
“I don’t bloody care about your bargains with anybody else, you daughter of the sands,” Mat snapped.
因为又被利用了而情绪失控强力激发了ta'veren效应。
 Something over a thousand years ago a Sea Folk woman had called a Shiotan soldier a son of the sands just before trying to plant a blade in his ribs;
沙子养的是海民里比较严重的脏话，Shiota是兽人战争后存在的国家，在百年战争后，一部分成为现在的Altara，一部分属于现在的Ilian。
“You listen to me, you bilge stone.” 
舱底石，显然也是海民骂人的话。
Well, as far as you’re concerned, I’m the Master of the Blades, and my blades are bare.” What that meant exactly, he had no idea, except for having once heard, “When the blades are bare, even the Mistress of the Ships bows to the Master of the Blades.” “This is the bargain between you and me. You go where Nynaeve and Elayne want, and in return, I won’t tie the lot of you across horses like packsaddles and haul you there!”
The Master of the Blades：是海民里权利最高的男人，负责贸易和防卫。他的地位没有The Mistress of Ships高，但按这里的说法，他拔出剑来，The Mistress of Ship也要听他的，大概是针对战争之类的紧急状态吧/
非常非常不平等的交易哦，但对方不由自主地应承了。
“I think I have just made a bargain with a ta’veren,” s
Renaile倒也明白。
 “The Kin maintain a farm on the other side of the river, a few miles north. 
海民的问题一解决，假假地讨论一下，就按奈奈小兰事先的安排走了。
“Next time you have to make a bargain with the Sea Folk, let me make it for you. Maybe that way, it won’t turn out as badly as the last one.”
嘿嘿，又是随手一刀，正中要害。给利用了半天，言语上报复一下也无所谓了。
“Nynaeve thinks you are a little boy needing protection,” Tylin breathed up at him. “I know you are a grown man.” 
也是这个原因，虽然奈奈在Ebou Dar也很傻，我能理解她。两年前她大概还可以拿根藤条追着Mat打，在她眼里Mat是应该受保护的，而不是反之。
 “But if we meet again, I’ll do the chasing.”
想得美吧，粉椴带。
He never saw Nynaeve and the others go, and he walked out on unsteady legs, tucking his shirt back in.
他们当中干什么了，怎么都这么流氓呢。
 Juilin snatched off that ridiculous Taraboner hat and became engrossed in studying the inside of it.
我好迟钝，直到很近的最近才意识到，为什么竹林会一直戴着Tarabon风格的帽子。
 “Listen, I’ll need someone to help look after Olver. Nerim has his hands full with me. For that matter, Nerim will go back to Talmanes, you know. If you’d like, I will take you on myself.”
Nalesean留下的仆人Lopin，Mat对他很好，但是不是扔下他他的命运会更好点呢。The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.
 it seemed. A good many bundles of dresses and not-so-small chests stood about the floor. Mat wondered if they would make Lan carry those, too.
呵呵，忍不住想象了一下。

Olver的“失踪”，还是Pattern要留Mat在Ebou Dar的恶作剧。
把小兰，奈奈托付给Birgitte她们。
Birgitte gave Elayne a fond look, but it was to Mat she spoke. “I will,” she said. “Honor’s truth.”
“The honor of blood; the truth of blood.”
Barashta的誓言。Barashta：AB时代坐落于Ebou Dar Rahad的城市。属于Eharon。
Suddenly he felt . . . responsible . . . for these men. It was an uncomfortable feeling. Mat Cauthon and responsibility did not go together. It was unnatural.
Mat的转折时刻，从不自觉的责任感到自觉的责任感。

到处是叛乱的传言。实际上是霄晨来袭。
“What happened to my bloody luck?” he shouted. He had time for that. And just time to realize, as brick and timbers crashed down on him, that the dice in his head had just stopped dead.
就这样，被压在砖石下面一卷多。aCos出版于1996年五月，WH出版于2000年12月，也就是说，四年半之后，乔丹才把他刨出来。
我现在知道真正的老饭死有多苦了。