And I understand that he—the last scene, which I think you’re referring to—he wrote that completely himself?
Yes, yes.
Did he have that in mind the whole time? Because I have to tell you, when I got the book in the mail last week, I turned to the end and read the last scene. I’m that kind of person.
(laughs) Yeah, I think he had it in mind the whole time—from before he started The Eye of the World . He thought very far ahead. I remember once we went out to lunch just after he’d finished The Eye of the World , and over lunch he wanted to talk about what would happen to a Maiden of the Spear who had a child. And that doesn’t turn up until where? Book four?
I don’t think so, yeah.
But he worked far ahead. And he did have the overall arc of the story in mind all the time—think of the prophecies.
That’s true, yeah.
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