Love won't give in.

Siuan's heart feels so light, just looking at her, and when she catches Lan’s eye, she sees every one of her emotions echoed right back at her: fondness and love and relief so profound it makes her almost want to sob. Because in the time before, that none of them may ever fully heal from, everything about this moment would have been unthinkable. Even with their powers combined, simply encouraging (or helping or, on occasion, all but forcing) Moiraine to nourish her own body - to consider it a priority or necessity of any kind - was a daily struggle they both still bear the scars of.