BS:


This quote from BS makes it pretty clear that while "generally" what you say is true, there are apparently some rare/obscure exceptions where TP can be used even without permission from the DO. I think the idea with the theory that Rand used TP without permission is that his link with Moridin allowed him to "steal" TP from the DO using Moridin as a TP-angreal, and this is what BS had in mind when he answered this question.

Basically, from the POV of the Dark One, it was Moridin who channeled TP so the DO did not realise what was happening until it was too late. If true this would ofcourse mean that by cutting Moridin off from TP would also cut off Rand so its not really a true way of using TP withour permission, it just means that so long as one of the two (Rand or Moridin) has permission, then that permission is automatically given to the other too whether the DO likes it or not.

So the DO could prevent Rand from using TP, but if he did he would basically lose Moridin, since as addicted to TP as Moridin is, cutting him off would most likely end up killing him sooner or later.



Yep. This is the other theory. I think at this point both theories could be true. I am looking forward to finding out which one actually is.