She probably asked how to best guide and protect Rand
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 12:20:56 AM
i'm up to tsr on the reread and there's an interesting bit where moiraine tells thom to go to tanchico and promises him that he'll survive the adventure. this is after her stepping through the ter'angreal doorway, which means that in someway she learnt of his future from the finns
perhaps that he will be one to rescue her?
perhaps that he will be one to rescue her?
I doubt she'd have wasted a question on Thom, given what she already had to go on, and the other urgent issues facing her. She might have been told about the Waste and Rhuidean, given her reaction to Rand's decision to go there, and the Wise Ones' revelation that in all the alternate timelines she had been the one to bring up the subject of her tersting, thus implying she learned of the necessity from another source. Furthermore, she might have a good poker-face (though not so much as is generally implied by her rather unsophisticated observers, in fact she reacts to surprises very often, if only with some sort of facial or verbal slight of hand to disguise her ignorance), but she was a little TOO calm about Melaine's slip. Usually that would have been good for an eyebrow quirk at the least.
She might have asked how she can best protect and guide Rand and been told to go through the rings in Rhuidean. Given what she says (and therefore believes) of the constraints on asking questions touching the Shadow (and by extension, most questions concerning the Dragon Reborn, in her mind), or asking questions that do not concern the asker, I think it safe to say that the confluence of her priorities and perceived limitations, that would be the most likely quesiton.
- Asking how Rand can win or what he should would not concern her, and would almost certainly touch on the Shadow
- Asking what she should have Rand do is essentially the same thing, and a bit limited as well. She would (or at least SHould) have been looking at the big picture, rather than the immediate crisis.
- If she had to ask about herself, asking what she could or should do concerning Rand is the best bet. The Wise Ones claim that if she did not go through the rings Rand would die. Therefore, going through the rings is the best thing she could for/about Rand. QED.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
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“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
moiraine's three questions
18/09/2010 12:21:52 AM
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She knew he'd survive because Min told Moiraine they end up together, and they weren't a couple yet.
18/09/2010 12:56:09 AM
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Can that really be right?
18/09/2010 06:44:40 PM
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That is her "thimble of hope" that she mentions twice *NM*
18/09/2010 07:41:23 PM
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Re: That is her "thimble of hope" that she mentions twice
18/09/2010 08:19:03 PM
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She needs to have known that she would see Thom again
18/09/2010 08:25:37 PM
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Re: She needs to have known that she would see Thom again
18/09/2010 09:26:26 PM
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It doesn't change your point, but I know she hadn't entered the doorway yet. It was in this chapter
18/09/2010 11:58:53 PM
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You're misinterpreting which viewing is the one which Min believes turned out wrong.
19/09/2010 03:33:04 AM
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????
19/09/2010 06:08:11 AM
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It's something that you have to work out for yourself, it's not thrown in your face.
19/09/2010 06:35:43 PM
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I see your logic trail, I just don't think Min would have told something like that to Moiraine
20/09/2010 09:46:01 PM
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Dude. She tells Moiraine about it immediately upon first seeing Thom in Baerlon.
21/09/2010 12:13:58 AM
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No, you're the one who's wrong.
19/09/2010 07:54:02 PM
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*shrugs* ... as I stated before I see the logic you are all pointing too ... it just doesn't seem
20/09/2010 09:48:02 PM
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Are you forgetting EOTW? It was crystal clear that Min told Moiraine about all of her viewings
20/09/2010 09:56:36 PM
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I'm going to make one last attempt before giving up
20/09/2010 10:03:54 PM
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it's likely
18/09/2010 07:53:30 PM
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And she said the husband comment before going to the Aelfinn, and believed his survival back in EotW
19/09/2010 12:15:26 AM
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Re: And she said the husband comment before going to the Aelfinn...
19/09/2010 08:20:29 PM
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She probably asked how to best guide and protect Rand
19/09/2010 12:20:56 AM
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