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Nynaeve's new ability Sidious Send a noteboard - 18/11/2010 01:41:38 PM

Nynaeve can Heal the taint. This isn't a new ability despite what some people think.

EoTW (Dragonmount) - "A pity for you... that one of your Sisters is not here. I was never very skilled at Healing... but even one of them could only give you a few lucid minutes."

Rand is shocked that Nynaeve can Heal the taint and he says that even in his Age, diseases of the mind were very hard to cure. That said, Lews Therin has no knowledge of the taint and the efforts to cure it, considering he was the first man ever to go insane.

It seems that very gifted Healers could probably remove the effect from a tainted male just like Nynaeve did. The problem is that the taint still existed on saidin, and within minutes of being Healed they would become tainted again. Its more than likely that they were even more open to the taint after being tainted once, and thus their ability to buy the man only a few lucid minutes. It thus became a self-limiting and futile exercise. In Nynaeve's case it's a wonderous cure, and in their case a silly one considering the disease was waiting to reinfest the man again.
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Nynaeve's new ability - 18/11/2010 01:41:38 PM 1725 Views
Nynaeve's healing seems more permanent, though. - 18/11/2010 02:19:06 PM 995 Views
Re: Nynaeve's healing seems more permanent, though. - 18/11/2010 02:59:17 PM 874 Views
Re: Nynaeve's healing seems more permanent, though. - 18/11/2010 10:51:02 PM 780 Views
Re: Nynaeve's healing seems more permanent, though. - 19/11/2010 09:37:23 AM 707 Views
Re: Nynaeve's healing seems more permanent, though. - 19/11/2010 02:37:37 PM 778 Views
Training kills spontaneous innovation - 19/11/2010 05:47:10 PM 672 Views
Re: Training kills spontaneous innovation - 20/11/2010 10:19:38 AM 739 Views
That's not my interpretation. - 18/11/2010 06:14:02 PM 898 Views
Re: That's not my interpretation. - 18/11/2010 07:11:02 PM 738 Views
Even if we were to accept that as true... - 18/11/2010 10:55:31 PM 682 Views
Maybe... - 18/11/2010 11:18:08 PM 650 Views
Could be... - 19/11/2010 03:01:35 AM 685 Views
None. - 19/11/2010 03:20:35 AM 694 Views
As you wish. - 19/11/2010 05:24:29 AM 670 Views
We're told exactly the opposite... - 19/11/2010 05:47:31 AM 724 Views
Exactly. - 19/11/2010 06:02:52 AM 678 Views
What are you arguing? - 19/11/2010 06:50:58 AM 674 Views
Though I dread doing this, perhaps an analogy? - 19/11/2010 06:16:30 PM 664 Views
You were right to dread... - 19/11/2010 10:02:05 PM 722 Views
Re: You were right to dread... - 20/11/2010 06:25:53 PM 696 Views
Re: You were right to dread... - 20/11/2010 08:18:53 PM 759 Views
Re: You were right to dread... - 21/11/2010 11:34:28 PM 791 Views
Re: You were right to dread... - 22/11/2010 08:36:24 AM 772 Views
Re: You were right to dread... - 22/11/2010 07:32:04 PM 759 Views
Re: Nynaeve's new ability - 18/11/2010 10:27:47 PM 1009 Views
LTT was correct. - 18/11/2010 11:12:52 PM 924 Views
except, as noted, the taint was constantly reoccuring - 23/11/2010 08:09:08 PM 623 Views
Hmm. I think we don't have enough information. - 19/11/2010 07:40:30 PM 806 Views

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