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== Relationships ==
=== Kaladin ===
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Kaladin and Syl share a [[Nahel bond]], granting them the powers of a [[Windrunner]].
|"He is mine! I claim him."
 
"He betrayed his oath... I forbid this."
 
"Your will matters not! You cannot hold me back if he speaks the Words!"
|Syl and the [[Stormfather]] discussing [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa2|84}}
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Syl first begins watching [[Kaladin]] during his time in [[Meridas Amaram|Amaram's]] army.{{book ref|sa1|9}} As she follows him during his slavery and to the [[Shattered Plains]], she develops more and more awareness.{{book ref|sa1|14}} She shows her care for Kaladin early on, both when she stands before him when he is strung up in the [[highstorm]] and when she brings him [[blackbane]] and talks him out of jumping at the [[Honor Chasm]].{{book ref|sa1|35}}{{book ref|sa1|11}} The two of them form a [[Nahel bond]], and Kaladin finally says the words to become a [[Windrunner]] of the Second Ideal at the [[Battle of the Tower]] after Syl convinces him that it is the right choice to go back for the Kholin troops.{{book ref|sa1|67}}
 
Kaladin's sense of honor becomes confused for a time when [[Moash]] talks to him about helping assassinate [[Elhokar]]. This causes Syl to regress closer and closer to her state like a [[windspren]] and eventually "kills" her.{{book ref|sa2|68}}{{book ref|sa2|74}} When Kaladin confronts Moash with the intent of keeping him from the king, however, Syl is able to make her way back to Kaladin. They restore their bond by swearing the Third Ideal.{{book ref|sa2|84}} After this experience, the two think more deeply about what makes killing right and discuss how the ethics of that question relates to their bond.{{book ref|sa3|31}}
 
=== The Stormfather ===
Syl is one of the the first [[honorspren]] the [[Stormfather]] created rather than [[Honor]]. Because she is the only one to survive the [[Recreance]], he feels very protective of her.{{book ref|sa3|108}} The Stormfather commands her return and either approves of or instigates a bounty after Syl sneaks away to bond Kaladin. This changes with time, however, as he both accepts their bond and bonds a human himself.{{book ref|sa3|102}}{{book ref|sa4|30}}
 
=== Relador ===
[[Relador]] is the first man Syl bonded as a [[Windrunner]].{{book ref|sa4|i|1}} He died shortly before the events of the [[Recreance]], sending Syl into a catatonic state. Because of this, she avoided the fate of the majority of her kinsmen, who became [[deadeye]]s.{{book ref|sa4|87}} When [[Dalinar]] [[Connection|Connects]] her to her past, Syl begins experiencing grief over this loss. This helps her understand Kaladin better.{{book ref|sa4|63}}
 
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