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March 12 - March 16, 2014
“If I protect . . . only the people I like, it means that I don’t care about doing what is right.”
Strength before weakness. “You. Will. Not. Have. Him.”
He is mine! a feminine voice said. I claim him.
“I will protect even those I hate,” Kaladin whispered through bloody lips. “So long as it is right.”
Behind Kaladin, frost crystalized on the ground, growing backward away from him. A glyph formed in the frost, almost in the shape of wings.
“The Knights Radiant,” Kaladin said softly, “have returned.”
“When you take the princedom, son,” Dalinar said, “don’t let them corrupt you. Don’t play their games. Lead. Don’t follow.”
“You’re a better man than I am. I was always a tyrant who had to learn to be something else. But you, you’ve been a good man from the start. Lead them, Adolin. Unite them.”
“Thank you,” the assassin said, “for extending my agony by not dying easily.”
“You sent him to the sky to die, assassin,” Kaladin said, Stormlight puffing from his lips, “but the sky and the winds are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life.”
“You are what I’ve been looking for.”
“Damnation,” Adolin said. “That bridgeboy is really one of them? The Knights Radiant?” “Yes.” Oddly, Adolin smiled, seeming satisfied. “Ha! I knew there was something wrong with that man.”
“You too?” he said. “Um . . .” She bit her lip. “Yeah. Sorry.” “Sorry? Storms, woman! Can you fly like he does?” “Fly?”
“And . . . um . . . you are intelligent and articulate?” “You forgot the compliment.” “But I just said—” “Those were simple statements of fact.” “You’re wonderful,” he said. “Truly, Syl. You are.” “Also a fact,” she said, grinning. “But I’ll let it slide so long as you’re willing to present me with a sufficiently sincere smile.”
Hello, a cheerful voice said in his mind. Would you like to destroy some evil today?
“Whatever else might be said, at least the world chose a nice night upon which to end.
