Perrin could smell the unease on the girl, and he supposed they did cut a rather odd picture. Two men carrying a body across the plaza... Like a pair of crooks too incompetent to move under cover of dark.

"Mat thought a trip across town might wake him," he added in a gentler tone, and one that sounded faintly amused. He had a feeling that if they weren't hauling their friend through the city, Mat would have come up with an alternative solution Rand might appreciate even less.