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'''Navani:''' The rhythms cause patterns in the sand, different patterns for the different kinds of light. There must be an answer of some kind here, though I wish I could consult a true scholar concerning this.<br/>
'''Undertext (Raboniel):''' Now that we have seen where this line of exploration has led, I am amazed that you were able to extrapolate this, Voice of Lights.
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|I find this format most comfortable, as it is how I’ve collaborated in the past. I have never done it in this way, and with this kind of partner.
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|In my fevered state, I worry I’m unable to focus on what is important.
|Page 3{{epigraph ref|sa4|49}} written by Navani.
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|"When in such a state, detachment is enviable. I have learned that my greatest discoveries come when I abandon lesser connections."
|Page 3, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|50}} written by Raboniel.
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|This song—this tone, this rhythm—sounds so familiar, in ways I cannot explain or express.
|Page 5{{epigraph ref|sa4|51}} written by Navani.
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|I am led to wonder, from experiences such as this, if we have been wrong. We call humans alien to Roshar, yet they have lived here for thousands of years now. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge there are no aliens or interlopers. Only cousins.
|Page 5, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|53}} written by Raboniel
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|It would have been so easy if Voidlight and Stormlight destroyed one another. Such a simple answer.
|Page 6{{epigraph ref|sa4|54}} written by Raboniel.
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|We must not let our desires for a specific result cloud our perceptions.
|Page 6, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|55}} written by Navani.
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|But how can we not, in searching, wish for a specific result? What scientist goes into a project without a hope for what they will find?
|Page 6, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|56}} written by Navani.
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|I find this experience so odd. I work with a scholar from the ancient days, before modern scientific theory was developed. I keep forgetting all the thousands of years of tradition you completely missed.
|Page 6, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|58}} written by Navani.
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|This point regarding the Rhythm of War’s emotional influence will be of particular interest to El.
|Page 10{{epigraph ref|sa4|59}} written by Raboniel.
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|Who is this person? You used no title, so I assume they are not a Fused. Who, then, is El?
|Page 10, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|60}} written by Navani.
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|In other circumstances, I would be fascinated by this sand to the point of abandoning all other rational pursuits. What is it? Where did it come from?
|Page 13{{epigraph ref|sa4|61}} written by Navani.
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|I am told that it is not the sand itself, but something that grows upon it, that exhibits the strange properties. One can make more, with proper materials and a seed of the original.
|Page 13, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|63}} written by Raboniel.
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|The sand originated offworld. It is only one of such amazing wonders that come from other lands—I have recently obtained a chain from the lands of the dead, said to be able to anchor a person through Cognitive anomalies. I fail to see what use it could be to me, as I am unable to leave the Rosharan system. But it is a priceless object nonetheless.
|Page 13, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|64}} written by Raboniel.
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|As we dig further into this project, I am left questioning the very nature of God. How can a God exist in all things, yet have a substance that can be destroyed?
|Page 21{{epigraph ref|sa4|65}} written by Navani.
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|I am not convinced any of the gods can be destroyed, so perhaps I misspoke. They can change state however, like a spren—or like the various Lights. This is what we seek.
|Page 21, undertext{{epigraph ref|sa4|66}} written by Raboniel
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|Do not mourn for what has happened. This notebook was a dream we shared, which is itself a beautiful thing. Proof of the truth of my intent, even if the project was ultimately doomed.
|Page 27{{epigraph ref|sa4|67}} written by Raboniel.
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|I leave you now to your own company.
|Page 27{{epigraph ref|sa4|69}} written by Raboniel.
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|Opposites. Opposites of sounds. Sound has no opposite. It’s merely overlapped vibration, the same sound, but sound has meaning. This sound does, at least. These sounds. The voices of gods.
|Final page{{epigraph ref|sa4|70}} written by Navani.
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|Voice of Lights. Voice for Lights. If I speak for the Lights, then I must express their desires. If Light is Investiture, and all Investiture is deity, and deity has Intent, then Light must have Intent.
|Final page{{epigraph ref|sa4|71}} written by Navani.
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|Intent matters. Intent is king. You cannot do what I attempt by accident. You must mean it. This seems a much greater law than we’ve ever before understood.
|Final page{{epigraph ref|sa4|72}} written by Navani.
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== Trivia ==
*Rhythm of War is the namesake of the [[Rhythm of War|fourth book]] in
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