Kaladin leads Bridge Seventeen into the chasms to drill, claiming the chasms as his territory. Uneasy about looming danger and the deadline on the wall, he confides in Syl, who presses him on his true desires. Kaladin admits he wants to defeat the Assassin in White and probes his resentment tied to Tien and to lighteyes who wronged him.

Meeting Sigzil, Rock, and Lopen, Kaladin debates the assassin’s origins and capabilities. Syl reveals herself to Sigzil, and the group wonders whether Windrunners could fly. Determined to learn, Kaladin experiments with Stormlight and discovers Basic Lashing, shifting his gravity to run up a chasm wall. Near the top, he tells Syl he must know if Dalinar is truly honorable before revealing his powers, vowing to protect Dalinar—and to kill Amaram.

After landing, Kaladin analyzes Elhokar’s balcony failure, concluding the railing was cut by a Shardblade after the highstorm, likely with a rope-lowered accomplice. He orders secrecy, unsettled because Moash had been on that balcony during the critical window. The group notices fresh chasmfiend gouges near the warcamps and decides to avoid training there.

That evening, Kaladin finds Bridge Four tense around an unexpected visitor: Renarin Kholin. Renarin asks to join Bridge Four; Kaladin questions him and learns he has myoclonic epilepsy but remains conscious during fits. Seeking belonging and experience, Renarin asks to be treated as a recruit. Seeing potential benefits for self-defense and security, Kaladin assigns him menial tasks and resolves to consult Dalinar.

Moash objects to a lighteyes in their ranks and urges Kaladin toward personal justice against Amaram, hinting at his own grudges. Kaladin considers asking about the balcony but holds back. Several men go out to the taverns; Kaladin declines, feeling apart from that life as Syl quietly challenges his solitude.