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[[File:Kaladin at Honor Chasm.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Kaladin sitting by the [[Honor Chasm]] by [[Coppermind:Artists/Maddi|Maddi]]]]
During this time in Bridge Four, Kaladin grew more and more depressed at his situation. Eventually, Syl was unable to bear seeing Kaladin’s state and she left him, promising to return. On the next bridge run, the last man that survived Kaladin’s initial bridge run died, leaving Kaladin as the senior member of Bridge Four.{{book ref|twok|9}} Faced with losing Syl, his only friend, and such a grim reality, Kaladin seriously contemplated suicide. He went to the [[Honor Chasm]] at night, intending to jump off. Before he can do so, Syl returned, excitedly carrying a leaf of blackbane with her. Syl, in her naivety, having seen Kaladin previously take heart in having the poisonous leaves with him, assumed they would make Kaladin feel better. This innocent gesture ironically gave Kaladin the will to live again. He left the chasm and resolved to become bridgeleader. He bribed and intimidated Gaz into giving him the position along with the autonomy to run Bridge Four. That night, he learned the name of every man in Bridge Four and went to sleep with a sense of purpose in protecting the men.{{book ref|twok|11}}
==== Reforming Bridge Four ====
All of the men in Bridge Four are resigned to die since Bridge Four has the worst reputation, even compared to the already-deplorable conditions of the other [[bridge crew]]s. Because of this, none of the men socialize with one another—in fact, they don’t even know each other’s names. The next morning, Kaladin announced to Bridge Four that the current state of affairs would change under his leadership. He first tried to get the members of Bridge Four into training for runs to increase their chances of survival, but he was met with resistance and ridicule. Undeterred, he proceeded to train by himself.{{book ref|twok|14}}
On the next bridge run, Kaladin led from the front, demanding to switch with [[Rock]], taking the most dangerous center-front spot of the bridge for himself, a rarity for a bridge leader. He also started to provide medical care during this bridge run, purchasing medical supplies from an apothecary beforehand to tend to the wounded bridge men while still on the battlefield. Additionally, instead of leaving wounded bridge men behind to die, Kaladin managed to recover three wounded bridgemen from the battlefield and helped them back to the warcamp.{{book ref|twok|17}}
Since the bridgemen were supposed to be expendable, Kaladin was told that he may keep tending to the wounded men, but they would not be fed or paid while they were unable to work. He asked the other members of Bridge Four to pitch in money and food to care for the men, but he was refused. Only Rock offered to share his food and only to [[Hobber]], who was the least injured.{{book ref|twok|21}} Instead, Kaladin came up with the idea of collecting [[knobweed]] sap, valuable antiseptic that he could use to care for the injured and sell for money. Gaining the trust of Rock and [[Teft]], Kaladin had them help to collect the knobweed sap. Syl helped as well, finding patches of knobweed and guiding Rock—who is mysteriously able to see her—to them. While working to extract the sap, Kaladin started building camaraderie with the two men, managing to get Rock to open up and share some of his life story.{{book ref|twok|23}}
Kaladin returned to the apothecary and made a a deal for his bridge crew to gather knobweed sap in return for a [[spheres|skymark]] per bottle of sap. Upon returning from selling the sap, Gaz sent Bridge Four to do chasm duty, recovering valuables from the war dead who had fallen into the chasms. In the chasms, Kaladin continued to build rapport with the men, getting more of them to open up about their pasts.{{book ref|twok|27}}
While working, Kaladin came across a spear in the chasms and went into a trance. He performed a practice kata with the spear, revealing his talent as a genius spearman to his men. During the display, Teft, along with some of the other men, noticed an unknown spren—actually Syl—zipping around Kaladin.{{book ref|twok|27}}
The night culminated in Kaladin using the money he earned to purchase food and he assigned Rock to cook a stew. Not a single person refused to partake in eating around the fire. The next day, a majority of the men followed his orders to rise out of bed and practice.{{book ref|twok|27}}
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