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He waits twoTwo years beforelater, tellingKaladin and Laral are walking together outside when Kaladin finally tells her about his father's plans to send him away, to her annoyance. Laral encourages him to become a soldier instead, sayingimplying ifthat he wentcould tomarry war,her if he could winwon a [[Shardblade]] andin become a [[lighteyes]]battle, thusthereby worthy of marrying intobecoming a lighteyed familylighteyes. Kaladin misses Laral'sthis implication of marriage between them, even though he is attracted to her. Walking alongEventually, they encounter a group of older boys, one of whom makes the claim his father had won a Shardblade in the [[wastescum skirmishes]]. At Laral's prompting, Kaladin contradicts him, which leads to the boy [[Jost]] challenging Kaladin to a quarterstaff fight. Although it is his first time holding a weapon, his natural talent for combat manifests. However, seeing that he has hurt Jost, he stops himself from fighting anymore. Jost, having no similar inhibition, beats Kaladin to the ground. Kaladin asks Jost to teach him, but the older boy declines, telling Kaladin to "go be what heyou isare." Joined by Tien, Kaladin makes his way home while contemplating what he wants to be. Arriving home, Lirin informs him that Citylord [[Wistiow]] has died and has bequeathed a goblet full of [[spheres]] to Kaladin so that he could study in Kharbranth.{{book ref|sa1|16}}

Two months later, a thirteen-year-old Kaladin attempts to treat a five-year-old girl named [[Miasal]] on his own. Miasal has suffered amultiple compoundsevere fracture in her leg, a bleeding head wound, and bleeding due to a severed artery in her lower legwounds. Kaladin cauterizes the wound and ties off thestarts arterytreatment, but it is too late as Miasal dies from blood loss. An hour later, his father finds Kaladin in front of the surgery room crying to himself. Lirin tells him he is proud of Kaladin's work and there was nothing he could have done to stop Miasal's death. Kaladin tells Lirin he did not want to be a surgeon, but Lirin answers that he would have to learn when to care.{{book ref|sa1|20}}

Citylord Roshone's arrival brings misfortune to Kaladin's family. Believing that Lirin had stolen the spheres from Wistiow, he coerces the townspeople to stop making donations for Lirin's work, which is the primary source of the family's income.{{book ref|sa1|31}} While the townsfolk acquiesce, they still secretly provide provisions to Lirin and Hesina.{{book ref|sa1|37}} Tien is apprenticed to a carpenter because he is unsuitable as a surgeon while Kaladin is still unsure if he wants to join the army or become a surgeon. About a year after Roshone's arrival, a group of men try to break into Lirin's surgery room while he and Kaladin were inside. They demand that Lirin hand over Wistiow's spheres. Instead, Lirin uncovers the [[Stormlight|light]] of the spheres, revealing that the intruders were not highwayhighwaymen as Kaladin had thought, but members of the town: [[Luten]], [[Horl]], and [[Balsas]]. Not expecting to find anyone inside, and ashamed of their actions, the men leave without taking anything.{{book ref|sa1|31}}

In the [[Weeping]] of 1168, as Kaladin's family grows increasingly desperate, being forced to spend some of the spheres, Roshone assembles the townfolk in the town square. [[Meridas Amaram]] has arrived in Hearthstone to recruit soldiers for his army. There, Kaladin and his family are shocked to learn that Laral is now engaged to Roshone himself after Rillir's death. Meanwhile, since only six men have volunteered, Amaram asks Roshone to announce the list of conscripts. As citylord, Roshone was barred from placing Lirin or Kaladin on the conscription list because they served a vital function to the town. However, Roshone placedplaces Tien's name on the list instead; when Kaladin tries to take Tien's place, he is denied because the law gave the choice to Roshone alone. Left without any other option, Kaladin enlists in the army in order to protect Tien and promises his devastated parents that he would bring Tien back in four years.{{book ref|sa1|44}} Amaram promises Lirin that he would make Tien a messenger boy for a while. The two brothers are told to report to Sergeant [[Hav]] along with other recruits.{{book ref|sa1|44}}