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This sounds terrifying... On topic, I wonder if this is cryptic as it is due to WoT writing and dealing with those prophecies. There are just too many possible meanings for this not to be a plan to drive us all crazy theorizing about it. I wonder if the original intention was to unite the KR. I would assume any large group of people with amazing powers would have some disagreements internally. Perhaps he wanted them all on the same page, but his message is getting there way too late. I can also see a big argument for uniting the Parshendi and humans. The "old gods" keep getting mentioned which seems to imply some serious power. WOR readings: and who knows, If the shards are of honor, perhaps "uniting" them will give someone more powerful shards (crazy off the wall idea I don't actually believe).

Just want to mention that I found out about Worm from this thread and it is worth the read IMO. Be warned, it is very long and it is draining. I can get fairly invested in the characters and this can take you for a ride if you try to plow your way through the whole thing in a short time. The story is finished now too, so if you pick it up you will be able to finish it on your own schedule.

I just want to add a bit of the science I know to this discussion. "radiation poisoning" is not like a typical poison you would imagine. It does not "get stuck in clothing" per say. A radioactive material shoots out particles very fast. Think of them as atomic sized bullets. These bullets hit your atoms (in your body) and screw them up. It can brake down your DNA and other "building blocks" for your body. Thus, your body loses its ability to repair its cells to some extent and loses the proper function of other cells. The more radioactive something is the more little bullets that are shot from the material. The size of the particles also have an effect on the danger, which differentiates alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. So, fundamentally, provided the gold had all the DNA sequences stored, I could picture it healing you perfectly with no issues. If the gold relied upon your bodies DNA for the structure, and simply advanced cell repair, then you could be in trouble still. There is also the question of how will the radiation affect the metalmind. The particles emitted will do the same thing to the gold as it will to your body. It will get bombarded and it will be "damaged" in a sense. I wonder if this would be a way to corrupt metalminds or screw with sDNA. I would hope that sDNA is safe in the spiritual realm, but perhaps it is tied together.