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In a tale that [[KaladinWit]] tells [[WitKaladin]], Fleet was a taleman ofwho himcould runningrun faster than a [[Highstorm]].{{book ref|sa2|59}} [[Hoid|Wit]] also claims that his story is well-known by all, but [[Kaladin]] doubts this as he had never heard of himFleet before.{{book ref|sa2|59}} It is likely that in theThe story hesuggests issimilarities supposedbetween toFleet representand [[Kaladin]].

After the assassination attempt on [[Elhokar]]'s life by The [[Diagram]], [[Kaladin]] remembers back to the story of Fleet, who kept running and never stopped. This inspires him to keep going, as all men eventually die and all that truly matters in the end is how they fight to survive, not their deaths.{{book ref|sa2|82}}

According to the tale that [[Hoid|Wit]] mentions about himthat he had raced the [[herald]] [[chanarachChanarach]] and won in order to prove his speed, perhaps showing a competitive streak. in(He hiswon personalitythe race, demonstrating exceptional speed.) He then raced the [[Stormfather]] himself, trying to outrun a [[Highstorm]]. ThisHis desire of his to be the fastest on [[Roshar]] was taken to such anso extreme length that he died in order to win the race, and even then his spirit left his body in order to continue down to the western shores of [[Shinovar]] in an attempt to best the [[Stormfather]].{{book ref|sa2|59}}