I recently stumbled upon a theory about a quote, which I believe can be found in Knife of Dreams. Unfortunately, I can't find the quote -- but in it, two white sisters are having a logical argument. One of them mentions "<insert name here>'s standard of deviation." The words "intuitively obvious" are also used, as are the words "slipshod method" and the numbers "9 and 13." Beyond this, the quote itself seemed to make little sense.

Anyone have the quote?

The person who'd posited the theory (whose name also fails to come to mind), posited that this was a hint as to who killed Asmodean, and that the number 13 was a direct reference to the Forsaken. Idly, I decided to see if I couldn't speculate on the significance of the number 9. This is what I came up with...

If Lanfear were still alive (God knows how), nine would be the number of Forsaken that remain on the field, as of the moment of Asmodean's death. IIRC, Aginor and Balthamael (sp?) were slain at the Eye of the World, Bel'al and Rahvin had just been killed. Of course, I'd be leaving out Ishmael, who by that point may or may not have been transmogrified into Morridin. Very, very weak, I know. Slipshod, even.

Strangely enough, Lanfear is the ninth Forsaken to be introduced in the Big White Book.

Now that I read it, it seems like a pair of wacky supporting points for an equally wacky theory, but can anyone skillfully argue against Lanfear's motives for killing Asmodean? It's her lack of opportunity that almost always strikes her from the field of suspects.

I've been in the Graendal camp for so long that the very thought of suddenly shifting toward Lanfear as the prime suspect seems almost like a betrayal of the self, but after gauging Brandon Sanderson's reaction to the death, I started to flounder...