What with Rand trying to gather everyone, seemingly luring them in with the Seals issue, how does that concern the Seanchan? Wasn't there something about "The East and the West must be as one" way back a few books ago? That is, Rand has to unify the light in order to win the last battle, and with the Seanchan issue unresolved, doesn't this mean we will be seeing some resolution in the early part of AMoL - before the LB gets rolling?
Basically I hate waiting for the "next book," almost makes me wish I'd never found the series (until after it was finished) or liked RJ's characters so much! Almost ....