Vyre, formerly Moash, works a quarry outside Kholinar, testing whether his Honorblade can be thrown and return faster, inspired by Adolin’s battlefield throw. He notes the blade’s limitations and his own lack of anger or shame, embracing the clarity of being “unchained.”

Khen, in warform, announces she is leaving to live on her own terms rather than continue raiding. Vyre, devoid of anger or disappointment, lets her go, reflecting that Kaladin remains his last lingering “chain”—a truth he must prove by showing Kaladin the “freedom” Vyre claims to have found.

Carrying marble into Kholinar, Vyre observes the city’s new order under singers and delivers stone for Deepest Ones’ housing. Workers depart early to celebrate the coming Everstorm, and as Vyre returns for more stone, Odium seizes him into a vision without a storm, indicating their strengthened Connection.

Odium orders Vyre to go to Urithiru to transport ground forces, suspecting Vyre’s sword can still function where the Oathgates do not. Focusing on Kaladin as an ongoing threat, Odium cannot strike him directly and asks how to break him. Vyre proposes isolation and fear; Odium suggests exploiting holes in Kaladin’s soul through Vyre’s connection to infiltrate his dreams with visions. Vyre agrees to bring Kaladin to the brink—then find a way to make him “jump.”