[ maybe it's arrogance. but with the One Power burning through him, he doesn't see why he couldn't destroy an entire army. if the old queen of manetheren could do it at the cost of her life, why not the dragon reborn? he can safely handle more of the Power than anyone. he'd pay, of course, in exhaustion, in the madness, but that dosen't mean he couldn't do it. ]

I caused the Breaking, [ he reminds her. she couldn't possibly have the full context for that, not growing up in the wake of such destruction, but she'll understand. lews therin did these things, but rand has no less ability to channel than he had. ] I created a volcano where there'd been nothing but an open plain. I needed to be born with enough power to seal away the incarnation of all evil, or there's no point to me.

[ so maybe it's not surprising when he breathes out, and says, ]

Big, but safe to do in Greentruth?

[ there are, like, people living here. ]