Difference between revisions of "Summary:Rhythm of War"
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Teft begins to seize at the same moment that Kaladin feels something strong press on him. He shakes it off and goes to check on Teft, whom he presumes had a stroke. They go to take him to a nearby clinic; Kaladin tries to lash him to make him easier to carry, and it doesn't work.
Navani is with her soldiers and a lightweaver named Red to talk to the individual who had the gemstone to replace in the spanreed. They discover that it is Dabbid, who makes the windrunner salute. They try to get answers from him, and he motions to the wall, while indicating in response to queries that he is not working with the enemy. Someone brings Navani the spanreed from the stranger, and it says that the tower is under attack. The writer introduces themselves as the Sibling, the spren of the tower, and Red the lightweaver collapses.
Kaladin is stunned as his failed lashing, and he searches for Syl or Fenderona, Teft’s spren, and can't find either. Rlain says that the rhythms are going crazy, and as they arrive at the edgedancer clinic, they find the edgedancers unconscious. They decided to take Teft to Kaladin's father. As they try to find a way to carry him, Kaladin discovers that he can still do full lashings, the ones that use the surge of Adhesion and that allows things to stick together. As they make their way, they learn that this is affecting all the Radiants except Kaladin, and Kaladin says the effect reminds him of the device that they found in Hearthstone. They arrive at Lirin's clinic and find it full of other Radiants. He calls again for Syl, whom he can feel distantly, and she emerges, describing feeling sleepy. Rlain arrives and said that Fused are in the tower, and that spanreeds aren't working.
The Sibling tells Navani that the Fused are doing something to them, and Navani sends runners with instructions to scouting offices to carry out a predefined defensive plan, She and her scribes go to the map room, bringing an unchained Dabbid with her. Dabbid is able to communicate that he had been talking with the Sibling through garnet veins in the strata of the wall.
Kaladin panics and begins to disassociate and flashback. He studies a scalpel, which he finally picks up.. He tries to make his way toward the screams and fighting that he can hear, but he is overwhelmed with a cold sweat and a heavy weight. He is brought out of his disassociation by Syl, who says that she could not go far from him without losing herself, though she learned that they are bringing in troops via the Oathgate. Lirin finds Kaladin and helps talk him down from fighting, saying that he is in no shape, and if they discover him, they will likely kill the rest of his family.
=== Chapter 40: In for All ===
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