Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Way of Kings"

Kaladin and the rest of Bridge four are walking through the chasms. Kaladin thinks about where the water goes and if it might be possible to escape to the east if his dreams were real. He is pulled out of his thoughtthoughts by [[Teft]] who questions him about his health, ifwhether he feels surges of strength andor maybeperhaps light, lightheaded that is. Thinking about it, Kaladin notes how fast he healed and wonders if he might be cursed like someone who sought out the old Magic. He considers if maybe [[Syl]] is not the only [[spren]] following him, but maybe an evil one as well. They find themselves at a crossroads and Kaladin decides to use this spot for their training. Giving themthe Bridgemen a short speech about how itmilitary ittraining is supposed to go and why they are different he picks up a spear. withoutNoting athat head.spear Notinglacks thisa hehead isrelieves relieved,his thinkingfear that every time he picks up a weapon he fears ofmay becomingbecome hopeful and turn into Kaladin Stormblessed. He continues telling them that they don't have the normal six weeks for training. His first lesson is that it is alright to care. Confused, they ask him what he means. and heHe explains how onethey needsneed to care, how their passion makes them human. He drops the spear and tells them that the second lesson is to learn to stand, before holding a spear. He tells [[Skar]] to push him over. When Skar can't manage it Kaladin tells [[Drehy]] and [[Moash]] to help himthe man. When they can't do it he tells them and the others to pair up and start to practice stance and balance. He gives Teft the order to sort them out and to oversee the training and Teft responds like a soldier, revealing his past military experience. When he looks at Kaladin he can see that Kaladin also noticed it. Kaladin goes a little apart with [[Rock]] who explains why he can't fight. Kaladin sends him along with [[Lopen]], [[Dabbid]] and [[Shen]] to collect salvage. When Rock notes that they can't do the work of a whole Bridge crew Kaladin has Syl make herself visible to the rest so that she can help them search. They have a short talk about the danger from [[chasmfiend]]s but they agree to do it. Kaladin points out to Lopen that he will still receive training but that it is more important now not to be discovered. He also mentions to Rock that he still hopes to find a different way out. He then turns and starts helping Teft with the training. After a few hours he is amazed to see that the Bridgemen are already starting to get things it should have taken them days to learn. Kaladin realizes how amazingly the Bridgemen have been prepared for training by the intensity of their lives.