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 thoughts by [[Teft]] who questions him about his health, whether he feels surges of strength or perhaps light. 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. GivingHe tells the Bridgemen athat shortnormally speech about howin military training, isthe supposedsergeant towill goattempt andto whyhumble theythe aresoldiers differentat he picks up a spearfirst. NotingBut thatthey speardon't lacks a head relieves his fearneed that everybecause timethey hedon't picksdream upof aglory; weaponthey hejust maywant becometo hopefulescape and turn into Kaladin Stormblessed. He continues telling them that they don't have the normal six weeks for trainingsurvive. His first lesson is that ita issoldier alright toshould care. Confused, theynot askbe himcold what he means. He explains how they need to care, how their passion makes themand humanemotionless. 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., Whenand Skarhe can't managedo it, Kaladineven tellswhen [[Drehy]]others andcome [[Moash]]in to help the man. When they can't do it heHe tells them and the othersTeft to pair up andthem startoff 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. Theymore have a short talk about the danger from [[chasmfiend]]s but they agree to do itquickly. Kaladin points out toassures Lopen that he will still receive training but that it is more important now not to bebring discovered.up Hethe alsoquota mentionsof tosalvage Rockso thatas he still hopesnot to findbe a different way outdiscovered. He thenrejoins turnsthe crew and starts helpinghelps Teft. withThe themen training.learn After a fewin hours he is amazed to see that the Bridgemen are already starting to get things itwhat should have taken them days to learn. Kaladin realizes how amazinglythat the Bridgemen have been prepared for training by the physical intensity of their livesbridge duty.