Rand also suffers from 'channeling sickness' on Domon's boat after escaping from Shadar Logoth.
The Rand seizing Saidar issue, as you put it, is just a minor editing error and in a series the size of the Wheel of Time its bound to crop up on occasion. Its not really an example of internal inconsistency in the books.
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Rand also suffers from 'channeling sickness' on Domon's boat after escaping from Shadar Logoth.
The Rand seizing Saidar issue, as you put it, is just a minor editing error and in a series the size of the Wheel of Time its bound to crop up on occasion. Its not really an example of internal inconsistency in the books.