That's kind of how I imagined it? Except instead of horizontal opening (vertical line moving out) I've imagined a horizontal darker shadow spilling into a human form. But -- I've always assumed the shadow has to have al least the height and width of the Myrdraal.
Things I wish I could have...
And Verin is the 5th AS we meet. Lots of Black Ajah.
Rhed, I always assumed that Myrdraal can travel through any shadow that's larger than they are. I guess part of the problem is we don't know how Myrdraal travel -- maybe they can only get outside, but then, Rand is attacked by a Myrdraal in...
I'll catch up to you guys eventually, but two recent observations from TGH, both from Shienar:
"[Egwene] was enough ahead of him when they reached Padan Fain’s cell, at the very end, that Rand was out of the light entirely. He stopped there, in the shadows behind her lamp." <-- uh, aren't there...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: EoTW, Prologue - Chapter 6
Hm, I may have to start a week late, because all my books are on my iPad, and I am in a different country from where it is! Alas.