<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/BlueAjah.jpg)</div><strong>Character name:</strong>Aleana Schiller (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234819.msg11575159#msg11575159)<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Keeper of the Chronicles, Blue Ajah<br/><strong>Bondmate:</strong>None (As yet!)<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Ardan | Closed<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Evening | Saven 5 | 990NE<br/><strong>Place:</strong>Aleana’s Room<br/><strong>Warning:</strong><br/><hr/>“However you’re comfortable.”  Aleana said and waved it away with a hand even as she began to suspect he was as distracted as she was and, perhaps, nervous.  Did he know what she hoped to accomplish tonight and what she wished to ask him?  Was he opposed to such a thing or perhaps hoping for it?  No answers were going to appear out of thin air and, for the moment, she forced herself to focus on the important business at hand.  Running a slightly damp hand down her dress before returning it to the back to the chair, she turned toward him as he spoke, her brows creeping up slowly.<br/><br/>Straightening as he explained how he had known, she took a deep breath and released it slowly.  “You can smell that sort of thing…”  She repeated what he told her, surprised but not disbelieving.  “How?”  She wondered aloud, though she didn’t quite realize she had actually spoken and aware that he already answered that question.  He didn’t know how he did it.  Hands falling to her sides, she stiffened as her mind raced over the potentials.  Though she doubted that Ardan was a channeler as he had been at the Tower for quite some time, there was the slight potential.  Even though the Red Ajah didn’t often pay attention to the Valdar, she suspected that he would have accidently channeled at some point during his stay.  Likely, as with most wilders, more than once during stressful times.  Training at the White Tower was indeed stressful and he would have, most likely, given himself away if he were a male channeler.  But, there was a sliver of doubt.  A sliver caused by her own knowledge of the failings of the Tower.  Darkfriends entering the Tower, Black Ajah likely in their midst, and a great deal of information they lacked were clear signs of it.<br/><br/>“When you… smell these kind of things…”  She trailed off, beginning to pace a bit behind the chairs.  If she had thought she had been tense before, she was doubly so now.  “Do you feel anything?  Perhaps a feeling of pleasure?”  She asked carefully.  When women touched the source, it was a very pleasant sensation and, though she wasn’t certain, she suspected men would feel the same.  It was such a good sensation that many became addicted to it and, without the training of the Tower, could easily channel enough to burn themselves out.<br/><br/>Another thought occurred to her and she paused in her pacing, her face paling.  “I must ask, and this is important, have you had any strange haziness in your memories?  Any moments in which you were in the middle of doing something and then you couldn’t quite recall why?”  She asked, her tan eyes worried as she gazed at him.  If he were being used or his memories altered to fit into the Tower, there were usually signs.  She didn’t suspect that he was a darkfriend himself but she was worried that something might have been done to him.<br/><br/>Shaking her head, she sighed, her tan eyes meeting his.  “Oh, Ardan, whatever is going on, we’ll find out what it is.”  She promised, her voice gentle, concern writ in her face.  Stepping closer to him, she moved to touch his upper arm gently, to lay her hand on him.  “Thank you for telling me.”  She added, her lips curving into a humorless smile, the worry too great to offer anything more bright.  She understood the risk he took in informing her and the Tower did have a reputation for poking and prodding those that were different.  His trust in her, his faith that she wouldn’t do as such to him was touching and only reaffirmed her earlier decision.  Plus, if his gifts weren't given by the Dark One or any of his creatures and Ardan wasn't a channeler, his abilities would be incredibly useful.  Just one more thing that made him such a wonderful prospect for a Gaidin.