There's not a hint she thinks outside the WT box on this matter, and developped any proclivity to "figure out" new weaves.

That came only with the wondergirls and the barebone AS training that didn't suffice to brainwash them and burn in their brains the notion that one must never attempt to experiment anything with the OP.


Nynaeve "intuitive" knowledge of balefire is however "magical" (Nynaeve's intuitive talent is mostly if not strictly resricted to her main Talent area, much like Elayne). It actually came from her Accepted test, in which she just knew balefire - and anything weave she sees once, she can make again. She forgot it - repressed the memory that is - blocked it, then she intuitively remembered it later. There were a few scenes where Nynaeve had weird feelings about balefire, before the memory came back to her, much like she forgot her fears to embrace saidar when she's angry.