Mat, if you wanted the best reaction you could get, you should have waited until he was drinking some of that incoming wine or something.

Fortunately Rand doesn't have anything in his hand or mouth, otherwise his blank staring might have come with a choked cough or fumble to catch something dropped.

"Moiraine is aliv- Moiraine and Thom - " Let him think a bit on that and focus on something more - well, other than he doesn't have to keep her name atop the list. Definitely relieved. "They fell into that doorway - does this mean there's another unaccounted for?"