Im pretty sure no ones written about this but but not positive and im sure this is fairly obvious anywoay but hear it goes. If you looked at a paperback copy of aCoS our in the chapter into the woods if you have a hardback copy Min is thinking that she had not really lied when Rand asked about the viewing she had kept back. She thinks, what good to tell him he would almost certainly fail without a woman that was dead and gone? This person is obviously Moiraine Damodred. Unless RJ plans on having Rand dead or screwed beyond belief by the Last Battle Moiraine either has to find her way out or be rescued. I think Thom will rescue her due to Mins viewing where he pulls a blue stone like the one Moiraine wore out of a fire.