Well technicaly cutting all those things during the edit process wouldn't shorten the writing process AT ALL, since it was already writen. It might not even shortsn the editing process :look
What's the opposite of fire balls? Or lightning?
What's the opposite of traveling and gateways? What's the opposite of skimming? Of healing in it's multiple forms?
I don't think EVERY weave has an opposite. I think Balefire is unique in this fasion. That's what Egwene realized during the battle...
Do we have any other examples of weaves that are opposites of each other? I'm not talking about a ball of fire and creating water. I'm talking about actually opposites.
Nope. I'm with you. This surprised me, because there were no clues, and I hate when such things happen. The emphesis she placed on Perrin's words, as if that made any sense, was troubling. Because he said "it's just a weave," she understood that it's NOT, and therefor that it has an opposite...