I remember thinking the same thing when I read that passage!
I really can't see Vanin having a long-term working relationship with an AS; it just doesn't fit his nature and behavior through the books.
Here is how I imagine it going:
- Vanin uses route for smuggling.
- Some AS uses same route for secretive travel.
- Vanin and AS meet in said pass.
- Each knows what the other is doing; neither wants to be caught
- AS makes tenuous friendship by telling Vanin about moutain geology; Vanin just tries not to have any further dealings with said As
I really can't see Vanin having a long-term working relationship with an AS; it just doesn't fit his nature and behavior through the books.
Here is how I imagine it going:
- Vanin uses route for smuggling.
- Some AS uses same route for secretive travel.
- Vanin and AS meet in said pass.
- Each knows what the other is doing; neither wants to be caught
- AS makes tenuous friendship by telling Vanin about moutain geology; Vanin just tries not to have any further dealings with said As
"Take the Gleeman!" Rand and Mat cried, throwing Thom to the Myrddraal. Then they ran away as fast as they could, and Thom's screams quickly faded into the distance along with any inconvenient feelings of guilt.
Vanin ... just came across an interesting quote...
05/02/2010 06:57:45 PM
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I remember reading this and pondering.....
05/02/2010 08:23:49 PM
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I agree
05/02/2010 09:20:14 PM
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The bigger question in my head is why an AS would even speak to the likes of Vanin
05/02/2010 09:37:09 PM
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Not all Aes Sedai are total sticks in the mud...
05/02/2010 10:17:35 PM
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Have we met even one AS that would be willing to speak to someone like Vanin
06/02/2010 07:30:59 PM
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It's just a convinient way of giving info.
05/02/2010 08:47:21 PM
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that's all great, but when would Vanin of all people have had a chat with an AS?
05/02/2010 08:56:07 PM
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Recall as well his quote in LoC when Mat sends him back to the Band.
05/02/2010 11:18:27 PM
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Re: Recall as well his quote in LoC when Mat sends him back to the Band.
07/02/2010 02:36:58 AM
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Are we suggesting that he is a Warder? Was he on a mission when he ran into Mat?
09/02/2010 01:07:39 AM
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