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As the student's ability with the One Power grows, she will gradually reach a point where she is able to sense the same ability within other women. This ability would not likely show up until the student is fully competent with embracing and releasing the One Power. In game terms, a student is set with the code skill for this, test, when she is raised to Accepted.
It is easier to sense the ability in one who is trained. It is also possible to gain a rough idea of the person's strength in the One Power relative to one's own. For those who are untrained, it is possible to get an idea of their potential strength. One can also tell if the young girl is teachable or if she has the spark inborn. The books never discuss exactly how this is done. They can just tell.
This is not a very long range ability. If a woman is not holding the Power, another woman would not be able to sense the ability in her at more than five or six feet(approx. two meters) away. If one is not paying close attention, it is difficult to tell at more than arm's length.
Use of the One Power can be sensed much further away, depending on how much is used. Since women trained in the use of Saidar can see a glow around other women who are holding the Power, then she would be able to notice another woman in her line of sight channeling as far away as she could see her. If line of sight is not possible, the exact range of detection is harder to determine. As a rough guide, if someone is channeling in a building the size of an inn, and the amount channeled is not purposely miniscule, another woman trained in channeling should be able to detect it.
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