"Masema..." Rand is trying really hard to remember more than the man's name for a moment. "Ah. The Prophet. If he was mad, I don't really think too many of his followers would have been much better. A pity they were lost, but better that they were lost against the Shaido than breaking apart when we needed them." Absently taking a sip of wine while thinking. Preventing gateways, why does that sound so familiar..

"... That ter'angreal, who ever had it may be doing things at the Black Tower. Or whoever gave it to who had it when you got rid of it, Perrin. I have been unable to Travel there, and it sounds as if I may have sent Naeff into more trouble." But Mat, your news is also very distracting. Dragons? There is a brief glance to his forearm, but that couldn't be right.

"I think word would have spread past the Aiel Waste if you had found dragons, so I'm assuming nothing like that of my banner. And is a gholam like a Grey Man?" Don't worry, Rand's left things out too.