but I doubt it because I don't think he'll lose either of them.


That reminds me of some foreshadowing about his hand in CoS that I just read.

"Rand felt the Dragon Scepter in his hand, felt every line of the carved Dragons against his heron-branded palm as clearly as if he were running his finers over them, yet it sweemed someone else's hand. If a blade cut it off, he would feel the pain--and keep going. It would be another's pain."