Well, that’s not so big a thing. We can do without butter.  If you’ve syrup or honey that’d work just as nicely. It’d be a fine change from the usual. *Her smile seemed to fade just a hint as he asked of her apprenticeship. She was afraid to tell him.* Daniel, I’ve enjoyed talking with you. I…I’m afraid to tell you the truth. But, I don’t like to mislead honest folk. *Her voice hitched just a bit. She bit down on her lower lip hard, her gaze shifting to the tabletop. She’d settled there in  one of those hard chairs.* I shouldn’t be telling you. *Her voice had become a mere whisper.* I’m Accepted. Of the White Tower, in Tar Valon. Please, you mustn’t tell anyone. I mean ‘anyone’. *She said quickly looking up at him, pleading with her eyes.* I’ll be Aes Sedai in the future. *She was clearly afraid he’d shun her for telling the truth. But she was being honest with him. *