"Almost. Remember that the wording is important-- every single word is vitally important."
She takes a breath, and recites:
"To speak no word that is not true; to make no weapon with which one man may kill another; and never to use the One Power as a weapon except against Shadowspawn, or in the last extreme of defense of her own life, or that of her Warder or another Aes Sedai."
The accent on certain words is faint, but precisely made. Moiraine meets Kim's gaze with her own.
"Certainly you have some advantages, but the Oaths are limitations, as well. That is what they are meant for, in order that people might trust Aes Sedai, knowing of the Oaths. It is a balance -- and there are ways to counter the advantages, too. These are things that you will be studying."
A pause, and there is a touch of something wry in her tone as she adds,
"Along with other matters pertaining to Warders and bonding, now. You are lucky, in a sense, that you are not of my world, and not in formal training at the White Tower, in this case."
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She takes a breath, and recites:
"To speak no word that is not true; to make no weapon with which one man may kill another; and never to use the One Power as a weapon except against Shadowspawn, or in the last extreme of defense of her own life, or that of her Warder or another Aes Sedai."
The accent on certain words is faint, but precisely made. Moiraine meets Kim's gaze with her own.
"Certainly you have some advantages, but the Oaths are limitations, as well. That is what they are meant for, in order that people might trust Aes Sedai, knowing of the Oaths. It is a balance -- and there are ways to counter the advantages, too. These are things that you will be studying."
A pause, and there is a touch of something wry in her tone as she adds,
"Along with other matters pertaining to Warders and bonding, now. You are lucky, in a sense, that you are not of my world, and not in formal training at the White Tower, in this case."