After that, my friend got to ask his question, which was the one about Machin Shin and the Ways.
Is Machin Shin a result of the Dark One’s taint on saidin being used in the creation of the Ways, or a result of some portion of the corruption of Shadar Logoth creeping into the Ways via the Waygate there? Or is it something completely orthogonal to both these powers, merely being a parasite that showed up once the place began to grow dim?
” Machin Shin is a function of the Dark One’s taint on the male side of the force… er…source” [we all chuckled, and he mentioned how much he’d been traveling. :)] The corruption on Shadar Logoth is a result of an evil specifically designed to combat the Dark One’s taint. This is why Rand experiences a resonance while channeling in Shadar Logoth—the Dark One’s taint is reacting to the corruption of Shadar Logoth.
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