In regards to quotations, i simply listed the wiki, but am aware of quotes from the books themselves. At the time I answered the query, I happened to be reading through a chapter that had pertinent information per the original question. I have not had time to go back through to find it, but I don't feel it is relevant anyway. Due to being jumped on in the fashion that I have, I've lost interest in the forum.

Perrin enters T'A'R = true. Perrin has had information from T'A'R he would not have otherwise had = true. He has dreamed of possible futures = true. Perrin is not a male channeler = true. He has a talent or a Talent? *yawn*

The point being made is that Perrin is a dreamer and he is male. There appears to be a distinction between "Talent" and "talent." *shrug* again, small distinction and one I'm not interested in debating. Enjoy.

If you go over them, you'll see RJ usually referred to other stuff like Min's viewings and Hurin's skill as 'abilities'. In written medium, there's also a distinction between 'Talent' and 'talent'.

 

Having said that, feel free to present supporting quotes. I might be misinterpreting what I read.

Dreaming is the Talent of having dreams that foretell possible futures.[1] During Egwene al'Vere's training among the Aiel Wise Ones, little information was given about this aspect of the talent. The only real information is that a dreamer must decipher and know the truth of their own dreams; no one else can teach or guide it. This Talent is unconnected to the One Power.

Egwene Dreaming

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Known DreamersEdit

Corianin Nedeal

Egwene al'Vere

Melaine

Bair

Amys

Perrin Aybara (As a Wolfbrother)

> When clicking on the wiki link for talent I see what you refer to, as it states channelers have talents. Again, it's nit picky to me and unimportant to the original point I was making: There are male dreamers.

Not to split hairs but there are specific quotes that list Perrin as a dreamer and state that the OP is not needed to enter T'A'R or be a dreamer.

Also talents exist without use of the one power, such as Min's viewings.

I would ASSUME that male dreamers could exist. Dreamers in and of themselves are pretty rare (egwene being the only notable non-aiel randlander in some time, with the wise ones being the only others), even amongst people who can channel. (IIRC, channeling isn't required explicitly but it seems to help).

Perrin has the talent of dreaming. Entering T'A'R is unrelated to the OP; i.e., not having the ability to channel does not exclude one from being a dreamer. Slayer is able to enter and manipulate the dream as well. The difference between the wolf dream and T'A'R is splitting hairs, as it all is part of the same realm, imho. Perrin also sees possible futures in his dreams or is warned about things he would not otherwise be aware of. (the crux of the matter, no?)

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