Nah, magic can be odd. And we are hardly experts in how it works, this hopping between worlds.

[What do any of them know, save what they've experienced? And how many of them talk in any detail about this. Mat knows he hasn't, not to very many people.]

Better to ask than make the assumption. And lucky you, I'm right here to ask. It was damned strange. Left me a bit...off kilter for a day or two. All those new memories.

[Not to mention leaving him with a fear of being locked in rooms.]