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August 16, 2021 - April 17, 2022
No man can judge another man’s heart or trials, for no man can truly know them.”
“If a man takes nothing in his life seriously, it makes a woman wonder. What is she? Another joke? Another whim?”
“I resist by controlling my situation,” Lirin said. “And by working with those in power, rather than giving them reason to hurt me and mine. It’s a lesson I learned very painfully. Fetch me some water.” Venli was halfway to the water station before she realized she’d done what he said, despite telling him—several times—that he needed to show her more respect. What a strange man. His attitude was so commanding and in charge, but he used it to reinforce his own subservience.
“It will,” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again.”
“Yes, but I had to be coaxed into both,” Venli said. “I’m not a hero. I’m an accident.” Timbre was firm. Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn’t the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.
“He wants me, as he wanted Moash,” Kaladin said. “If he keeps pushing, he’ll have me. So I have to go.” THAT IS A LIE, the Stormfather said. IT IS HIS ULTIMATE LIE, SON OF HONOR. THE LIE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. THE LIE THAT THERE IS NO MORE JOURNEY WORTH TAKING.
Rlain gave Venli a hug and hummed to Praise. “I don’t deserve any of this,” she whispered to him. “I was weak, Rlain.” “Then start doing better,” he told her, pulling back. “That is the path of Radiance, Venli. We’re both on it now.
