It can't have been more than a day since he left the Eye of the World, neck freshly hurt and that the least of his problems. He's hardly started considering what happened there, what he thought would happen there, and what it means for him. He's hardly considered the flood of revelations that came before, too. In truth: he hadn't even expected to survive that day, and now...now he's here.

Her question is a normal one to ask, but he still hesitates before saying, "Taren Ferry. It's small. You won't have heard of it."

Not much of a lie, in truth — he grew up within a day's ride of Taren Ferry, much as that had once been the far limits of his known world.

"Where is this? I think I got lost."