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Oh well then I agree with you Sidious Send a noteboard - 26/01/2016 08:50:55 AM

Berowin directly says in her quote that her secret is practice. She's probably good with Spirit but she's clearly a woman who has spent decades playing with this weave and making it more efficient. It's possible that many different shields are possible. I don't think anyone, including the Forsaken, have taken the time to practice shielding to that degree but they do perhaps know of ways to weave stronger lattices that exceed Aes Sedai shields. We know from Elayne that practicing with Air made her very powerful with it, and Leane/Suian learned to work more efficiently with less saidar. Demandred said that he's had so much time to study war and dueling that no mortal man can match him, so there's a general theme of practice making perfect. It likely extends to the Power too.

Berowin probably found something new... A soft shield that bends. I suspect the standard weave is like a net made of rope and that perhaps some AOL individuals know how to weave shields made of metal wire. This is why Osan'gar says he can get around any shield.... The knot is where the flaw lies.

I think your theory is original and explains many shielding dilemmas in the series.

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Or we can choose to assume Elayne is incorrect - 11/01/2016 03:50:14 PM 1007 Views
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random thought on Shielding - 19/01/2016 07:34:20 PM 1005 Views
You're forgetting the other side, though. - 19/01/2016 08:19:59 PM 1068 Views
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Not the crux of the debate... - 21/01/2016 03:37:40 AM 969 Views
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I always explained it as - 21/01/2016 09:26:35 PM 973 Views
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That's precisely my point - 21/01/2016 10:09:02 PM 984 Views
now you are speculating based on a lack of evidence - 21/01/2016 10:39:13 PM 806 Views
There's actual evidence: - 22/01/2016 06:25:25 AM 996 Views
what's dense here is that you keep putting in quotes that don't support your position - 22/01/2016 03:28:16 PM 1116 Views
Whoa.. - 22/01/2016 04:24:19 PM 1066 Views
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yup that's my argument. that and you're a dick so I'm done with this - 22/01/2016 06:46:23 PM 803 Views
Re: yup that's my argument. that and you're a dick so I'm done with this - 23/01/2016 02:35:33 PM 1102 Views
Petty much *NM* - 24/01/2016 02:50:32 PM 445 Views
Hmmm.... - 23/01/2016 03:06:15 PM 1051 Views
Let me clear this up - 25/01/2016 04:19:51 PM 1190 Views
Some more quotes - 25/01/2016 05:10:51 PM 951 Views
none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 25/01/2016 07:19:48 PM 1241 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 03:45:52 AM 1015 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 09:00:55 AM 1160 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 10:39:49 AM 948 Views
Oh well then I agree with you - 26/01/2016 08:50:55 AM 1061 Views
thanks - 26/01/2016 04:26:46 PM 1220 Views
Yes, but that's not what I'm arguing... - 16/01/2016 08:56:15 AM 786 Views
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Don't those two facts explain each other? - 16/01/2016 03:24:44 PM 856 Views
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agree to disagree I suppose ... I don't see it this way *NM* - 20/01/2016 04:41:16 PM 500 Views
I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. *NM* - 21/01/2016 12:01:16 AM 478 Views
Re: I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. - 21/01/2016 02:07:21 AM 827 Views
Re: I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. - 21/01/2016 03:32:59 AM 845 Views
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Uhhh... - 22/01/2016 06:51:11 AM 994 Views
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The very first chapter (the Prologue) disproves this - 03/10/2016 06:56:28 AM 789 Views
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Re: Don't those two facts explain each other? - 08/10/2016 05:06:53 AM 583 Views
Re: Yes, but that's not what I'm arguing... - 08/10/2016 04:52:06 AM 801 Views

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