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Kaladin lashes a small stone with a tiny bit of Stormlight. The inhuman screeching starts soon after. He exhales the rest of his Stormlight and mixes in with the crowd in the plaza. Shallan and Adolin are there with him to observe. The spren look confused, unable to pinpoint the location of the Surgebinding. A Fused shows up and appears to scold them. The spren disappear and the Fused stays a bit longer, eventually leaving. They return to the tailor shop.
Kaladin gripes about the lighteyes having parties while the city is besieged, and Skar and Drehy point out that darkeyes have dances during war. Adolin enters the room, beaming at his new outfit provided by YakskaYokska. Elhokar also arrives, eager to get on with the business at hand, and calls for disguises. Kaladin refuses a new face, but the king insists on at least covering up his slave brands. They all head out into the city, Adolin chatting with Skar and Drehy. Kaladin hangs back a bit, and Adolin joins him. Kaladin regrets not bringing a spear with him, and Adolin tries to persuade him to train more with the sword since he won't know what he'll face as a Radiant. Kaladin agrees and decides that Adolin is a good person despite his silly outfits. They arrive at the house with the party. Elhokar and Adolin will seek out lighteyed allies in the party proper, Skar and Drehy will try to gather intelligence in the darkeyed feast, and Kaladin will try to find out about Highmarshal Azure in the lower-ranked lighteyed section. They split up, and Kaladin decides to continue to the wall itself and come back later. On the way, he is stopped by a wall guard patrol and offered a meal, despite his slave brand which has strangely defeated the disguise. Kaladin accepts, hoping to learn more about the wall guard.
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