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July 10 - August 13, 2024
Tvlakv frowned. “No vengeance?” “It doesn’t work,” Kaladin said. “I learned that lesson long ago.”
likable bastard.” He hesitated, then grimaced. “Those are the worst kind. When you kill them, you end up feeling guilty for it.”
Those winds felt like live things at times.
Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.
But the lives of men and women are more than logical puzzles; the context of their experiences is invaluable in making good decisions.
I can’t keep going like this, he thought. I’m dead inside, as sure as if I’d taken a spear through the neck. The storm continued its tirade. And for the first time in over eight months, Kaladin found himself crying.
Kal was only just beginning to realize how painful it could feel to be different.
Caring too much can be a problem? Kal thought back at his father. And what about being so selfless that you never charge for your work? He didn’t dare say the words.
“Those who save lives. And those who take lives.”
“And what of those who protect and defend? The ones who save lives by taking lives?”
His father snorted. “That’s like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You...
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“What is one more try, then?” Her voice was soft, yet somehow stronger than the storm. “What could it hurt?”
The names mattered. The men mattered. Perhaps