I agree with this. The whole dialogue with Egwene and Rand in the Pavilon was very poorly written. I found it like this:

 

Egwene - "Your a sheepherder"

Rand - "So are you. Your dumb"

Egwene - "You can't destroy seals."

Rand - "Yes I will"

Egwene - "No"

Rand - "Yes"

Egwene - "No"

Rand - "(I will bluff my way out of this) If you don't, I will let the world end. I am going to drink Rum on the beach on an island in the Ocean. Preferably with coconuts."

Egwene - "No you won't."

Rand - (Damn. She saw through my bluff) "I am leaving!"

Egwene - "Ummm....Crap. You Can't"

Rand - (Slowly inching his way to the door)"I am leaving. Sign this paper. I'm not kidding."

Moraine shows up........"Ummmmm.......Hi Moraine!"

 

That conversation was bad. Just bad. God I hope RJ didn't write that.

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by Stormofheaven

 

That conversation was bad. Just bad. God I hope RJ didn't write that.

 

Agreed...  I had to put the book down 3 or 4 times while reading this part of the story.  I hope RJ did not write it this causing folks to feel obligated to keep it.  I don't think he did though.  There is not near enough scenery and character description for it to have been his writing...

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by webejammin77

The dialog was extremely wooden at times. It is hard to even differentiate between characters if they didn't have their names attached. Almost all individuality is gone.

mystery solved.

Edited January 10, 201313 yr by pmtang

I have just finished chapter 10 and having read both this discussion and the one for chapter ten I am wondering if anyone else has questioned the "stout" brown Aes Sedai in the tent during Perrin' s point of view. It is so obvious that this is Verin? Dead and released from her dark vows.

I have just finished chapter 10 and having read both this discussion and the one for chapter ten I am wondering if anyone else has questioned the "stout" brown Aes Sedai in the tent during Perrin' s point of view. It is so obvious that this is Verin? Dead and released from her dark vows.

She was Saerin. Egwene's five during the meeting were Silviana, Saerin, Romanda, Lelaine and Gawyn.