iwould say I ddnt picture bryne that darkly butmaybe... I agree though he probably was still hurting from morgases banishment... and its not like he was saying torture the person who was in the queens yard, I meansure techniquely you could argue bryne is a genious, rand was the dragon, a male channeler, and they saw his blade master sword, knowing aes sedai, they couldn't depend on her to keep him in place they knew elaida to well not to even depend on her or consider depending lol,so yea he freaked them out... its like someone comes to dinner... and your father pulls back their hood and screams eyeless!!! its the never born!!! and the neverborn is like hey hey.. I was just thinking it was a nice lovely dayto exchange winternight gifts and share some stew... and the father is like are you sure your not here to kill us eat us and rape our corpses? maybe we should just go hide in another room til you leave... Lol winternight visits by myyrdraal ... maybe :p