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[[Shallan]] tells [[Jasnah]] what she thinks about Jasnah's actions and intentions on the night two weeks ago when she killed the four robbers. They proceed to talk about the decision Shallan has reached, though Shallan worries why Jasnah hasn't reacted to the theft of her [[Soulcaster]]. After this Jasnah gives Shallan the rest of the day off, to do with as she pleases. Back in her chambers she thinks about her failed attempts to use the Soulcaster and after having found a reference that humming might help she tries it for half an hour. During this time she considers if Jashnah might have duped her with a fake. While taking a pause from trying to make the Soulcaster work, she suddenly hears a voice asking “What are you?” in the room. When she finds a palace maid in the main room she considers if she heard her voice, but convinces herself that she must have heard some noise the woman had made while cleaning. She notices that the woman was in Jasnah's room and after telling her to go see Jasnah, since she has forbidden anyone in her rooms, Shallan hurries in in the hopes to find notes on soulcasting. But of the three notebooks she finds one focused on [[Natanatan]], the [[Unclaimed Hills]], and the [[Shattered Plains]] the next is titled “Notes on [[Urithiru]]” and after reading part of the final one she finds that it deals with the [[Voidbringers]]. Shallan wonders why a nonbeliever like Jasnah would concern herself with what she herself considers fables. A knock on the door gets her fast out of Jasnahs room before realizing that Jasnah wouldn't knock. Instead she finds [[Kabsal]], who having heard that she has free time, brought some bread and jam for a picnic.
Kabsal explains the stories behind the [[Truthberry|Truthberry jam]]. The topic moves on to Shallan fitness as a scholar, since she prefers the outdoors. After that Kabsal starts complimenting and flirting with her. Shallan tries to think that this couldn't work but continues to encourage him. He soon comes to a point where she tells him to stop teasing and he replies that he is not. He implies that he might leave the ardentia for her. Trying to get out of this conversation Shallan tells him of Jasnah's suspicions that he only gets close to her because he intends to ask her to steal the Soulcaster. He surprises her when he tells her that initially he did intend to ask her, but that his superiors told him not to. They were afraid that [[Elhokar]] might star a war with [[Kharbranth]] if they did steal the Soulcaster. While telling her this he also tells her how important Soulcasters really are since they replace hundreds of wagons for all the supplies. Moving the topic Shallan tries to get Kabsal to reveal how Soulcasters are used but finds that he thinks you only have to tap a gem and touch the object you wish to change, thus being of no help to her.
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===Chapter 43: The Wretch===
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