The irony would be that Elayne, Nynaeve and Birgitte should be able to tell her, if not for that stupid "you can't tell Egwene who I am even though she's made it painfully clear she already knows" rule of Birgittes. Which is symptomatic of one of the Lights big problems, and I'd add to the list of Great Themes if not for the fact I'm no longer sure RJ intended to expose it as such. I tend to agree with the gist of what Dom said though, maybe just because I'm so pissed at RJ repeatedly slaughtering Hopper (all he has to do is whack Elyas and he'll have eliminated almost everyone I like who's unique to Perrins plotline): Reincarnation and cycles in general are so integral to everything in Randland the idea of PERMANENT death is almost as strange as wondering where the permanently dead go. More interesting is that the WOs never mention Heroes of the Horn to Egwene, yet must surely have encountered them once or twice, however hard the Heroes strive to avoid notice.