“And did your leader not conquer his way to the throne?” she asked, sounding genuinely confused. “This is the way of your people as well as mine. Besides, you must admit my people govern better. The humans under our control have not been treated unfairly. Certainly they live better than the singers fared under your domination.” “And your god?” Kaladin asked. “You can promise me that once humankind has been subdued, he won’t have us exterminated?”

