Quote Originally Posted by tiornys View Post
Spoiler: Spoilerish Pedantry
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Rand uses Lan to maneuver Mat into revealing how much he'd gained in the way of military knowledge. Lan is the one who guesses about Mat's acumen. It's less a trap and more taking advantage of an opportune moment. From The Fires of Heaven, Before the Arrow:
Spoiler: Even more pedantry?
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If Lan is the soruce of Rands suspicions then dollars to donuts it's Moiraine in the shadows pulling strings. I was obviously only remembering the gist of it.

If you ask me, when involving Aes Sedai there are no opportune moments only carefully orchestrated traps.