The Eye was just a source of the Power - like a well, just bigger. - Edit 1
Before modification by Shannow at 01/06/2010 12:17:50 PM
How big a flow you channel from the Eye at any particular time is not dependant on the size of the total reservoir, but on how much you draw at that particular moment.
So Aginor channeled a larger flow than he could handle, and was burned out.
Rand did not.
But the unless the ENTIRE well was channeled in a single moment, that is not a basis for comparison of their individual strengths.
Remember, Rand kept channeling from the Eye for some time, including destroying a Trolloc Army at Tarwin's Gap through various flows and weaves. So at any given moment, he was channeling a steady flow of the Eye's finite well of Power.
This in no way means that Rand drew a larger flow than Aginor did.
It just means that Aginor tried to draw more of the Eye's stored saidin in one go, than he could handle.
So Aginor channeled a larger flow than he could handle, and was burned out.
Rand did not.
But the unless the ENTIRE well was channeled in a single moment, that is not a basis for comparison of their individual strengths.
Remember, Rand kept channeling from the Eye for some time, including destroying a Trolloc Army at Tarwin's Gap through various flows and weaves. So at any given moment, he was channeling a steady flow of the Eye's finite well of Power.
This in no way means that Rand drew a larger flow than Aginor did.
It just means that Aginor tried to draw more of the Eye's stored saidin in one go, than he could handle.