Team A again passes some nameless village, along this they encounter certain Hyam Kinch. Why bother mentioning this name? Just wait for it, you'll see. Matt is half-blind from Rand's lightning during this.
The team separates from Hyam, as he reached home. They are "2 days" from Caemlyn/Camelot, though will be slowed by Matt's blindness. They pass some more village. Mostly on cart. In one of the villages a darkfriend tries to convince them to come to the dark side, they of course pass. Matt starts to get back his vision. Now Rand gets "sick". We of course know this is magical backlash from the lightning.
At the end of the chapter they AGAIN run into Hyam Kinch. You see the problem. There is a very minor detail hough, where some peasant gives them scarfs. This both happens in Chapter 31 and 33, so it is MAYBE a tale through flashback, but if it is so, these are the most bad written chapters I'v EVER read. Because there is no implication of flashback happenning, AND the sequence of events do not match up.
A quick recap of events: - some peasant gives them some scarf. When recalling getting they are told to travel on some cart, but no mention on whose cart. - then they get into Fourkings, Matt gets blinded - then they meet with Hyam while Matt is half-blind - then they meet the solo darkfriend peasant - then they get the scarf - then they meet Hyam. This just doesn't add up, there is no marking of recalling events, they don't tell it to anyone, there is nothing happening, and the only sign anything is not told linearly is a name repeated which we have hundreds of already (ok, one hundred), and the scarf-giving which is a non-event. Also, the fact this strectches through 3 chapters, and lacks anything of significance. And spoiler alert: I know not a single time this kind of thing would ever happen again. Why did RJ do this? This is some Onision-level of bad writing.
Matt is half-blind from Rand's lightning during this.
The team separates from Hyam, as he reached home. They are "2 days" from Caemlyn/Camelot, though will be slowed by Matt's blindness.
They pass some more village. Mostly on cart.
In one of the villages a darkfriend tries to convince them to come to the dark side, they of course pass.
Matt starts to get back his vision.
Now Rand gets "sick". We of course know this is magical backlash from the lightning.
At the end of the chapter they AGAIN run into Hyam Kinch. You see the problem.
There is a very minor detail hough, where some peasant gives them scarfs. This both happens in Chapter 31 and 33, so it is MAYBE a tale through flashback, but if it is so, these are the most bad written chapters I'v EVER read. Because there is no implication of flashback happenning, AND the sequence of events do not match up.
A quick recap of events:
- some peasant gives them some scarf. When recalling getting they are told to travel on some cart, but no mention on whose cart.
- then they get into Fourkings, Matt gets blinded
- then they meet with Hyam while Matt is half-blind
- then they meet the solo darkfriend peasant
- then they get the scarf
- then they meet Hyam.
This just doesn't add up, there is no marking of recalling events, they don't tell it to anyone, there is nothing happening, and the only sign anything is not told linearly is a name repeated which we have hundreds of already (ok, one hundred), and the scarf-giving which is a non-event. Also, the fact this strectches through 3 chapters, and lacks anything of significance. And spoiler alert: I know not a single time this kind of thing would ever happen again.
Why did RJ do this? This is some Onision-level of bad writing.