Nah.. that sounds terribly silly - Edit 1
Before modification by DomA at 10/09/2010 09:03:48 PM
"I don't know," Mat said, feeling sheepish. "I guess I just think I should feel different, or something. The whole world up and changed on us, didn't it?"
"You could say that," Verin said, "though I would argue that the cleansing itself is more like a pebble thrown into a pond. The ripples will take some time to reach the shore."
"A pebble?" Mat asked. "A pebble?"
"Well, perhaps more of a boulder."
"A bloody mountain if you ask me," Mat muttered.
- The Gathering Storm, The Death of Tuon
"You could say that," Verin said, "though I would argue that the cleansing itself is more like a pebble thrown into a pond. The ripples will take some time to reach the shore."
"A pebble?" Mat asked. "A pebble?"
"Well, perhaps more of a boulder."
"A bloody mountain if you ask me," Mat muttered.
- The Gathering Storm, The Death of Tuon
Okay, that wasn't a thought. But I'm guessing this chapter is about Verin's letter to Perrin or Verin's letter to Mat.
I think Deadsy got the hang of it: the chapter title is a reference to Verin's comment about a pebble causing ripples, which suggests a Mat chapter. I'm not convinced she has it right that it's about Verin's letter, though. I think it could simply be Mat who make a connection between something and what Verin told him. For example, if Thom or Alivia or Jain or anyone near Mat needs to start a chain reaction to reach a goal, Mat might shrug and michieviously say "use a pebble, you need to find a pebble". A lot of WOT chapter titles are referencing obscure scenes from the previous books like this - it's part of Harriet's "style" for titles.