Agreed. This is clear.



It is not clear, however, that it is better to use Delana to apply random Compulsion, rather than doing it herself. You say that "since the orders aren't from Graendal, Rand would obviously be confused", but that's not obvious at all. There is no indication that Graendal thinks Nynaeve is able to tell who made the Compulsion, only that she might be able to read what it does. Thus, the relevant bit is what it does, not who made it. By having Delana do some random stuff, she might get confusion, she might not, whereas if she did it herself she could make sure the orders were confusing. In any case, it seems weird to give up control in this case.

Though actually, when re-reading the scene just now I noticed something I missed earlier. It says:

"Graendal needed time, and she needed to discover what al'Thor knew. If Nynaeve al'Meara had the skill needed to read Compulsions, that was Dangerous. Graendal needed to lay him a false trail, delay him -- hence her requirement that Delana create a thick Compulsion with strange provisions in it."

So pretty much what you said. I still say it doesn't make sense to give up control. In particular, what she said to Delana was:

"Add a few other random requirements on him, whatever occurs to you."

Hardly sufficient to guarantee "a thick Compulsions with strange provisions in it".



Yes, it obviously work out neatly, but I would have been much happier with the scene if it was written a little more elegantly.