First off, both are in Chapter 3 The Way of Honor.

1. Aviendha is brooding on her Wise One honor (or her feeling of the lack there of). She thinks about her strength as a Maiden being like the carbon that strengthen her spear tips. The mention of carbon strengthening her spear tips just seemed to pull me outta the story and scream at me about high school science.

2. What is the deal with the Aiel and their Honor? They refuse to ask what they did wrong. What honor is there in not asking and possibly repeating the same offense? One would think that it's be MORE honorable to swallow their pride and just ask what they messed up with than trying for days or weeks trying to figure it out and risking offending someone else the same way along the way. If I were given the task of counting seeds I think that I personally would rather suck it up and ask. Who wants to do useless work for no reason you can figure out?