Well, I was more thinking "If it was a real bolt and he failed, it could have killed her, and killing an Aes Sedai would be bad." I mean, I get the point about him not testing them unless he trusted their ability to pass...but even the best judge of character can be wrong (as evidenced by the presence of so many Black Ajah members in The White Tower during the events of the main series), so can he really afford to take that gamble and risk Galvren choking and thereby potentially resulting in a Aes Sedai being killed? A knife, you can control, since you control who it stabs and who it doesn't. But a Bolt? Once you've pulled the trigger, your control over it is gone. XD Maybe the bolt was a training bolt, but neither Galvren or the Aes Sedai in question knew it was coming...so the bolt would have injured her, but not killed her. I mean, it's a test for the prospective Gaidin, right? So...does it matter if the danger is genuine, as long as the Valdar<em>thinks</em>that it's genuine?