Just me. KK

This is great! Matt and Rand are hero’s of the horn, (Rand is obvious, Lewis, the dragon, etc…. May is less elaborated at “The Gambler” most recently lived during the Manetheren era, and acknowledged as such in Falme by the other Hero’s.) They are destined to have great skills/atributes, as well as their Ta’veren, so they all get bonus attributes. These skills were certain to shine through, but I love this idea of them being honest during the portal blinks. It certainly left effects mentally, but not clear, like fading (vivid) dreams. It could have unlocked their destined skills without full understanding. Matt’s sudden ability to to not only be good with the staff, but excel and dominate to very talented swordsmen in training (Galad & bro), without any actual training himself, really speaks volumes, similar to how the skills of speaking in the old tongue would unconsciously pop out. The unlocking of reclusive skills seems more likely, as none of the others really showed any signs of advanced abilities. Yea, experiences and memories, but not skill increase near Rand & Matt’s leaps. Not even Perrin. my question with the portals, is if any of the others lived so many lives, yet they didn’t include the revelation of Rand as the dragon? Seems unlikely, though none acted so differently around Rand. I loved the positive spin of Rand’s revelation that in all his lives lived, he’d never given into the dark one. That’d spike his confidence. Where my original impression was his understanding that in thousands of lives, he’d always died. That’s the determination and acceptance I saw in him, to simply force through to the finish line and be done with this last battl sooner than later. It was a time before he had so many strong ties and reasons to live on, as eventually he’d gained more relationships and responsibilities pushing him to be slightly less reckless.