....it's not about such specifics, it's about the tension, the unknowing, the fact that Rand was on the verge of completely imploding. That was intense reading....it was great reading. I noted in F-T's post that I too wished for a longer visit with Dark Rand...not because I like what he had become necessarily, but because of the powerful "unknown" of it. And the short-lived, but scary idea that to save mankind, Rand would have to take very drastic steps with only an eye for the big-picture, ignoring the small points. Much like the scene of him leaving AD and all those people helpless and hungry. Powerfull stuff.

You hold Lanfear up high....is that not also just as "mad"? In the end it's just a story of course.