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She probably asked how to best guide and protect Rand Cannoli Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 12:20:56 AM
i'm up to tsr on the reread and there's an interesting bit where moiraine tells thom to go to tanchico and promises him that he'll survive the adventure. this is after her stepping through the ter'angreal doorway, which means that in someway she learnt of his future from the finns

perhaps that he will be one to rescue her?



I doubt she'd have wasted a question on Thom, given what she already had to go on, and the other urgent issues facing her. She might have been told about the Waste and Rhuidean, given her reaction to Rand's decision to go there, and the Wise Ones' revelation that in all the alternate timelines she had been the one to bring up the subject of her tersting, thus implying she learned of the necessity from another source. Furthermore, she might have a good poker-face (though not so much as is generally implied by her rather unsophisticated observers, in fact she reacts to surprises very often, if only with some sort of facial or verbal slight of hand to disguise her ignorance), but she was a little TOO calm about Melaine's slip. Usually that would have been good for an eyebrow quirk at the least.

She might have asked how she can best protect and guide Rand and been told to go through the rings in Rhuidean. Given what she says (and therefore believes) of the constraints on asking questions touching the Shadow (and by extension, most questions concerning the Dragon Reborn, in her mind), or asking questions that do not concern the asker, I think it safe to say that the confluence of her priorities and perceived limitations, that would be the most likely quesiton.
- Asking how Rand can win or what he should would not concern her, and would almost certainly touch on the Shadow
- Asking what she should have Rand do is essentially the same thing, and a bit limited as well. She would (or at least SHould) have been looking at the big picture, rather than the immediate crisis.
- If she had to ask about herself, asking what she could or should do concerning Rand is the best bet. The Wise Ones claim that if she did not go through the rings Rand would die. Therefore, going through the rings is the best thing she could for/about Rand. QED.
Cannoli
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moiraine's three questions - 18/09/2010 12:21:52 AM 1916 Views
She knew he'd survive because Min told Moiraine they end up together, and they weren't a couple yet. - 18/09/2010 12:56:09 AM 1053 Views
Can that really be right? - 18/09/2010 06:44:40 PM 1246 Views
That is her "thimble of hope" that she mentions twice *NM* - 18/09/2010 07:41:23 PM 458 Views
Re: That is her "thimble of hope" that she mentions twice - 18/09/2010 08:19:03 PM 1038 Views
She needs to have known that she would see Thom again - 18/09/2010 08:25:37 PM 1013 Views
Re: She needs to have known that she would see Thom again - 18/09/2010 09:26:26 PM 1029 Views
It doesn't change your point, but I know she hadn't entered the doorway yet. It was in this chapter - 18/09/2010 11:58:53 PM 891 Views
I'll take your word for it - 19/09/2010 06:10:43 AM 962 Views
You're misinterpreting which viewing is the one which Min believes turned out wrong. - 19/09/2010 03:33:04 AM 902 Views
???? - 19/09/2010 06:08:11 AM 1054 Views
Wrong, she never specifies WHICH viewing was the wrong one. - 19/09/2010 07:28:21 AM 1117 Views
She doesn't have any reason to think that's wrong yet, though. - 20/09/2010 06:02:37 PM 1126 Views
I'm going to make one last attempt before giving up - 20/09/2010 10:03:54 PM 1008 Views
Yes, you're right - 21/09/2010 12:20:47 AM 905 Views
another interpretation (albeit, irrelevant to this discussion ) - 21/09/2010 04:55:30 AM 1039 Views
If that fulfilled the viewing Min would never have said - 21/09/2010 05:07:34 AM 927 Views
it's likely - 18/09/2010 07:53:30 PM 1112 Views
And she said the husband comment before going to the Aelfinn, and believed his survival back in EotW - 19/09/2010 12:15:26 AM 1036 Views
Re: And she said the husband comment before going to the Aelfinn... - 19/09/2010 08:20:29 PM 1072 Views
EotW p568 - 21/09/2010 05:22:23 PM 1074 Views
She probably asked how to best guide and protect Rand - 19/09/2010 12:20:56 AM 1163 Views
I tend to agree - 19/09/2010 07:08:50 PM 1140 Views

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