If there are three people, and person 1 balefires person 2, then person 3 balefires person 1, does person 2 come back to life?
Brandon reminded the fan that when someone asked Robert Jordan this question, Mr. Jordan responded by saying the asker needed the love of a man, woman, or schnauzer of his choice. There is actually a correct answer: balefire removes a thread from the Pattern, and, once removed, that thread cannot be replaced.
RJ gave an answer to this question in Australia in 1999 that contradicts Brandon’s answer here. RJ said that person 2 would come back to life; this was confirmed by another report at the same signing. Furthermore, there is an unattributed Q&A from Thus Spake the Creator in which RJ states (more specifically, perhaps) that it depends on the strength of the balefire , presumably because a very small amount would not burn person 1’s thread back far enough to bring person 2 back to life. [Brandon later said it was his mistake, and Maria said that the ‘depends on strength’ answer is probably the correct one.]
Finally, it was in response to a question about opening a gateway behind yourself and then using balefire that RJ told the person to get a life , not the question asked here (and he actually referred to a German Shepherd, not a schnauzer).
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