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The narrative frames tense vigilance against the Aiel, whose preference for striking in the dark makes every sleeping lapse dangerous. Lan observes the discipline—and fatigue—of his men, notably correcting a guard’s near-sleep and reflecting on battlefield experience, legendary weapons, and the strategic burden of constant alertness in harsh winter conditions.","New Spring: The Novel  \nRobert Jordan  \nFor Harriet  \nNow and forever  \nCHAPTER 1  \nThe Hook  \nA cold wind gusted through the night, across the snow-covered land where men had been killing one another for the past three days. The air was crisp, if not so icy as Lan expected for this time of year. It was still cold enough for his steel breastplate to carry the chill through his coat, and his breath to mist in front of his face when the wind did not whip it away. The blackness in the sky was just beginning to fade, the thousands of stars like the thick-scattered dust of diamonds slowly dimming. The fat sickle of the moon hung low, giving barely light to make out the silhouettes of the men guarding the fireless camp in the sprawling copse of oak and leatherleaf. Fires would have given them away to the Aiel. He had fought the Aiel long before this war began, on the Shienaran marches, a matter of duty to friends. Aielmen were bad enough in daylight. Facing them in the night was as close to staking your life on the toss of a coin as made no difference . Of course, sometimes they found you without fires .  \nResting a gauntleted hand on his sword in its scabbard, he pulled his cloak back around himself and continued his round of thesentries through calf-deep snow. It was an ancient sword, made with the One Power before the Breaking of the World, during the War of the Shadow, when the Dark One had touched the world for a time. Only legends remained of that Age, except perhaps for what the Aes  \nSedai might know, yet the blade was hard fact. It could not be broken and never needed sharpening. The hilt had been replaced countless times over the long centuries, but not even tarnish could touch the blade. Once, it had been the sword of Malkieri kings.  \nThe next sentry he came to, a short stocky fellow in a long dark cloak, was leaning back against the trunk of a heavy-limbed oak, his head slumped on his chest. Lan touched the sentry's shoulder, and the man jerked upright, almost dropping the horn-and-sinew horsebow gripped in his gloved hands. The hood of his cloak slid back, revealing his conical steel helmet for an instant before he hastily pulled the cowl up again. In the pale moonlight, Lan could not make out the man's face behind the vertical bars of his faceguard, but he knew him. Lan's own helmet was open, in the style of dead Malkier, supporting a steel crescent moon above his forehead.  \n\"I wasn't sleeping, my Lord,\" the fellow said quickly. \"Just resting a moment.\" A copper-skinned Domani, he sounded embarrassed, and rightly so . This was not his first battle, or even his first war.  \n\"An Aiel would have wakened you by slitting your throat or putting a spear through your heart, Basram,\" Lan said in a quiet voice. Men listened closer to calm tones than to the loudest shouts, so long as firmness and certainty accompanied the calm. \"Maybe it would be better without the temptation of the tree so near.\" He refrained from adding that even if the Aiel did not kill him, the man risked frostbite standing in one place too long. Basram knew that. Winters were nearly as cold in Arad Doman as in the Borderlands.  \nMumbling an apology, the Domani respectfully touched his helmet and moved three paces out from the tree . He held himself erect, now, and peered into the darkness. He shifted his feet, too, guarding against blackened toes. Rumor said Aes Sedai were offering Healing, closer to the river, injuries and sickness gone as if they had never been, but without that, amputation was the usual way to stop a man losing his feet to black-rot, and maybe his legs as well. In any case, it was best to avoid becoming involved with Aes Sedai more than absolutely necessary. Years later you could find one of them had tied strings to you just in case she might have need. Aes Sedai thought  \nfar ahead, and seldom seemed to care who they used in their schemes or how. That was one reason Lan avoided them.  \nHow long would Basram's renewed alertness last? 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