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He is placed under the command of the bridge sergeant [[Gaz]] and is immediately forced to go on a bridge run. During this initial bridge run, Kaladin is sent out completely unprepared and unequipped as part of Bridge Four to carry a large bridge, allowing Sadeas's soldiers to cross the plateaus of the Shattered Plains and assault the [[Parshendi]]. During the assault, Parshendi archers target the bridge crews and inflict heavy casualties. Although Kaladin wishes to render aid to the men, he is unable to and falls unconscious. Kaladin is about to be left for dead by the retreating bridge crews, until Syl calls out his name and urges him to move. As Kaladin gets up, he asks Syl if she has a name. Syl is surprised that she not only has a name, but also has a nickname, and had not known it until Kaladin had asked.{{book ref|twok|6}}
During this time in Bridge Four, Kaladin grows more and more depressed at his situation.
==== Reforming Bridge Four ====
The next morning, Kaladin announces to Bridge Four that the current state of affairs will change under his leadership. He tries to get the members of Bridge Four into training for runs to increase their chances of survival, but is met with resistance and ridicule. Undeterred, he proceeds to do training by himself.{{book ref|twok|14}}
On the next bridge run, Kaladin leads from the front, demanding to take the most dangerous center-front spot of the bridge, a rarity for a bridgeleader. He also starts to provide medical care during this bridge run, purchasing medical supplies from an apothecary beforehand in order to tend to wounded bridgemen while still on the battlefield. Additionally, instead of leaving wounded bridgemen behind to die, Kaladin manages to recover three wounded bridgemen from the battlefield and takes them back to the warcamp.{{book ref|twok|17}}
Since the bridgemen are supposed to be expendable, Kaladin is told that he may keep tending to the wounded men, but they will not be fed or paid while they are unable to work. He asks the other members of Bridge Four to pitch in money and food to care for the men, but he is refused.{{book ref|twok|21}} Instead, Kaladin comes up with the idea of collecting [[knobweed]] sap, a valuable antiseptic that he can use to care for the injured and sell for money. Gaining the trust of [[Rock]] and [[Teft]], Kaladin has them help collect the knobweed sap. Syl helps 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 starts 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 returns to the apothecary and negotiates with him, making a deal for his bridge crew to gather knobweed sap in return for a [[spheres|skymark]] per bottle of sap. On returning from selling the sap, Gaz sends Bridge Four to do chasm duty, recovering valuables from the war dead who have fallen into the chasms. While there, Kaladin continues building rapport with the men. Inadvertently finding a spear in the chasms, Kaladin holds it in his hands with nostalgia. The men, who have heard rumors that Kaladin was a former spearman, start to gossip about whether Kaladin was ever truly a spearman. Kaladin, ignoring the men, goes into a trance and starts to perform a practice kata. The men are left speechless, including the veteran Teft, at Kaladin's skill and beauty wielding the spear. That night, Kaladin uses the money he earned to purchase food and assigns Rock to cook a stew, further bringing the men together.{{book ref|twok|27}}
==== Side Carry ====
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