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"Woah, yes I knew that Dalinar prepared all those but for him to grab the opportunity when it came like that... he's mastering the art of politics! Respect.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tThough not specifically mentioned in the 1st 2 books, I should have thought of this probability. Shallan could blow out images and Kal managed to 'heave' his hand back to life... are indications of Light manipulation like that. Brandon did a good job!\n \n\n\n\n\n\tYeah, plus the fact that he had been constantly haunted by all the screams until that, we can see that Szeth was near the limit of sanity. Poor guy. When you're traumatized, your actions doesn't make much sense. I'm reading 'The body keeps the scores' and am a bit shocked what PTSD can do.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tI refuse to look at these tempting evils  tSA is the best collection of books in my life till now and I may regret it by spoiling what the coming books can bring. So let's say I wholeheartedly agree with your assertion, at least until I finish ED &amp; OB, hehe\n \n\n\n\n\n\tAh, I should reread the book sometime. Missed this important part.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tWell I doubt it. If Kal were not there then things would be normal and Dalinar would wait until after the march to deal with Amaram. After all, Amaram's a force himself not counting his army. In a march into the unknown, Dalinar surely would figure he needed every ounce of help. And being double-faced as Amaram was, he wouldn't just betray Kholin in the middle of the battle. So I imagine that all the preparation accounts for like 80% of his decision, but Kaladin's appearance fills in the remaining 20%, and thus he made it on the spot like that. By doing so he's cutting his own resources, but that was the \"right thing to do\" - using the phrase of the honor guy, Kaladin  \n\n\n\n\n\tI don't remember any of this, but smart guy indeed. He reminds me of Bourne in Identity.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tThat's very thoughtful of you, @Karger! [online hug]\n \n\n\n\n\n\tEr... what is a WoB? Words of Brandon? Anyway, his answer is interesting. If 'the process of breaking the bond' was started by Kal making a controversial statement and his wrongdoing, then I wonder when the bond was initiated and what caused it? IIRC, when he was young he's already felt 'a rush' when picking up a stick to fight farmers.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tWell, that's a very convincing explanation from the team. Still. There's like no explanation at all from the 1st 2 books about the bridges, and I feel like they came up with this new info when pressed by fans. It's like fans began asking a lot about the bridges in the mail, and Brandon said to his team: \"We need to address this sht\". As they brainstormed, Peter suddenly stood up: \"Hey, they asked how heavy it was, right? Now look, we haven't mentioned about how strong gravity is, hehe\" and another gal: \"What about deus-ex soulcast? We haven't used that plot device on the bridges yet\". So and so...\n \n\n\n\tIMHO, even with 0.7G the bridges are still hard to pull off in reality. What if that side of the chasm is only 1ft higher than this side? How can you push it up from here?? Even with a design of sloping backside, the bridges will face great difficulty if now instead of just 25cm, the other side is 5ft higher, what I consider commonplace on a terrain so shattered as the Plains.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tSome of them, while wonderfully explained, don't mean that they're now not inconsistencies at all. For example, Sadeas with all his \"weaknesses\" like that should not be portrayed as an dangerous eel or something. It leaves us a feeling that he was just used as a plot device to propel the story through 2 books, and now his role is done as the new arc of Desolation has descended upon everyone, he's killed very conveniently.\n \n\n\n\tOr Shallan's curiosity. Previously, Sanderson described she had been distracted even when her own life is on the line, (fractions of) seconds before being killed. Veden or Alethi or whatnot, when your existence is being threatened then it's really, very big deal. Like, the HUGEST deal. It demonstrated how strong the scholar mind was. And we humans are super good at procrastination, or delaying important things for present pleasurable distractions even though we know those crucial things will benefit us a lot. Sounds similar to this 'save the world' situation?\n \n\n\n\tAlso keep in mind that Shallan had no specific countdown like Dalinar. While she knew that Urithiru was the key, she was under no pressure when she joined the army. Only near the end of the march that Dalinar suggested that her discovery could be a lifeline for his troops. So closing herself in a carriage and reading our book (er, I mean Words of Radiance) nonstop for more than a week while a spectacle was happening right outside is just nonsense. Remember, some of us Sandersonites here completed this heavy tome in, like, 2 days. Must be the same case with her.\n \n"
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