I've been reading The Wheel of Time at a feverish pace over the last couple of months. Seeing a headline about a gap in the Pattern was a confusing experience c

I've been reading The Wheel of Time at a feverish pace over the last couple of months. Seeing a headline about a gap in the Pattern was a confusing experience complete with shock and a sense of dread and a triple-take. For one brief moment I thought some fool scientist had opened up the Bore. Light!