Date: 1999-08-27
Type: Paraphrased
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Reporter: Steven Cooper
Seriously, though, any bets on whether the Tinkers will ever find the Song? I bet it’s the harvest song from Rand’s Aiel memories.
I asked RJ about this when he was in Melbourne last week, and (amazingly) got a straight answer.
The Song the Tinkers are seeking is the song Rand heard in Rhuidean—or, to be exact, the memories of that song and others like it have become merged, over the years, into the concept of one mystical Song.
As to whether the Tinkers will find “the Song”, I suspect they will—at least, they will be brought to understand their true history just as the Aiel were. RJ seems to intend showing an upheaval affecting every nation and society in Randland during the course of the series. I doubt the Tinkers will survive unchanged into the next Age. Unless they all get wiped out, I think “the Song” will be found at some point.
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