Yeah. Like I said, it's a cycle. Every age ends in a cataclysm and it starts over again. The Wheel keeps turning, each spoke of it a different age, and all things come to pass then fade and eventually come to pass again.

[It's said with a rote that clearly says he's repeating what he hears all too often. It's what he's always been taught and Mat has no reason to question it. These aren't philosophies or guesses, they're things humanity knows. But he's been here long enough to know what goes for his world doesn't go for others.]

The old machines are relics of the last age. Most of the stories and history from then is gone, little bits surviving as legends. But I just think people ought to learn to rely on themselves before magic. Learn to do a thing, light a fire, wash a shirt, mend a boot, shoot a bow...They're handy skills.

[Particularly in this day and age, when there are more and more places where channeling will get a person killed.]

The Horizon? Yeah, I went once, friend took me. Eerie experience. He promised I wouldn't lose myself the next time, but I confess it's made me a bit shy of returning on my own.