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The highmarshal escorted his father up the ramp of the ''Fourth Bridge'' and introduced him to Dalinar and Navani. After Lirin left to inspect the accommodations, Kaladin apologized for his father's behavior which had been lacking in politeness. They quickly discuss the new Fused and the need to defend the ship, and Kal gets a new charge of Stormlight from the Bondsmith. He launched into the air, but not before touching the place where the old bridge was embedded in the deck.{{book ref|sa4|3}} Kaladin organized his Windrunners while they watched the [[Heavenly Ones]] advance in the distance. He hoped [[Leshwi]] would be among them, as he looked forward to fighting her again. The Fused offered the Windrunners one-on-one combat, creating an organized battle field. Leshwi spotted the highmarshal and invited him for a duel. They fought in the sky with Leshwi leading and Kaladin pursuing. Their flight led them around the battlefield and through the town. When they got near the airship, the Fused slowed to inspect it more carefully. This gave Kaladin the opportunity to get a normal spear from Rock that he used a moment later to Lash towards the Heavenly One. With some fancy maneuvers, the Fused managed to escape, leaving Kaladin on the ground where Teft asked if he was alright. They exchanged status reports, and Kaladin ordered the Windrunners to fight defensively. A new Fused appeared and Kaladin accepted its challenge.{{book ref|sa4|5}}
 
Kaladin fought with the Fused, and was winning quite quickly as the enemy was using up his light rapidly. When Kaladin had him defeated, he decided to let the Fused go as killing him wouldn't help as he would be reborn soon. When the Fused dropped its spear and drifted away, Kaladin noticed a red light streaking for him and the Windrunner started evading instantly. Lyn swooped by checking in on him, and he sendssent her ofoff with a message to look out for the teleporting Fused. Kaladin remarked to Syl how the others were checking in on him, and flew to Dalinar, who was just getting a report from Roshone. The former citylord wouldoffered to accompany an Edgedancer to free prisoners formfrom the manor's cellar. Syl made Kal admit that the man had improved despite Kal still hating him.{{book ref|sa4|5}}
 
Later Kaladin had to watch while Sigzil was fighting with Leshwi, who was clearly the more skilled. He found it very hard not to interfere and help his friend, despite knowing that breaking the rules would be bad for the bigger picture. In the end Leshwi defeated Sigzil, but spared his life in return for the Fused Kaladin had spared. She then challenged the highmarshal. They fought and dashed through the air, and he noticed most of the fighting was over. They left the town, and the Windrunner realized he knew this place, andthe terrain very well from his childhood. He used this knowledge to trick Leshwi and scored a hit on her. Shortly after, they managed to stab each other at the same time, draining each othersother's Light. They both pulled out at the same moment, and called it a draw. They scanned the terrain, and noticed the Fused from before near the manor go after some civilians. Leshwi then gestured Kaladin to go and save the civilians.{{book ref|sa4|6}}
 
Near the manor, Kaladin noticed the strange Fused with a captured [[Godeke]] entering the building. He entered as well, and they fought, while a Singer soldier activated a device that blocked the RadiantRadiants's powers. The Fused taunted Kaladin that without powers he was nothing, but the Windrunner used his experience and killed the soldiers and the Fused. LIft had slipped in and was helping Godeke leave, and Kal asked her to bring the device to Navani. Kaladin moved onward to the cellar where Roshone had gone.{{book ref|sa4|7}} He ran trough flames into the tunnel to the cellar, where he found two prisoners, already dead. He turned and found Moash, who held Roshone and slit the former city lord's throat. Moash asked whether Kal came to save one of his enemies. When Kaladin jumped to attack, Moash dismissed his blade anand surrendered. They then argueargued over whether Roshone and Elhokar deserved their faithsfates. Then Moash started speaking in a fatalistic way, saying that everyone was going to die, and no one could be saved. This hurt Kaladin and started to exaggerate his depression. The Windrunner froze when Moash outright suggested that Kaladin should kill himself. Then a light exploded in the room, that created a vision of who Moash could have been;: a Windrunner protecting people. This led Moash to fledflee, and the light faded to show [[Renarin]], who took Kaladin back to the airship.{{book ref|sa4|8}}
 
==== Retirement ====
The airship had left hearthstoneHearthstone by the time Kaladin started to come to himself. He looked so bad, one of the ardents brought him soup as if he waswere one of the refugees. Even his Stormlight gave him no energy, and he became depressed thinking about failing Tien and Elhokar. When Syl informed him that [[Laran]] had sworn the Third Ideal, he didn't want to join the crowd to congratulate her. His spren noticed his darkness was stronger, and didn't know how to help him. Teft came to see him, and didn't let Kal send him away. He told the highmarshal he would go congratulate the windrunnerWindrunner, and then they talked about Moash. The former sergeant also askedmentioned aboutthat Renarin had reported he had found Kaladin frozen in place, again. Without answering, Kaladin got up and went to Laran to see her new Blade. Then he led the Windrunners that flew Dalinar and staff back to the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa4|9}}
 
When they approached the Shattered Plains, Kaladin was feeling a bit better. Syl came to him and brought [[Yunfah]], the only unbound honorspren willing to bond a Radiant. Kaladin wanted the spren to consider Rlain, but the spren was hesitant. So Kaladin ordered him to try to bond with Rlain before bonding anyone else. The highmarshal then surveyed Narak while landing. He walked to where the Windrunners had landed their passengers and asked Dalinar to go back to Urithiru. The king denied it as he wanted to speak to Kaladin. They spoke onabout the war and, tactics against the Heavenly Ones, and the need for more Windrunners. Syl explained the other honorspren found the humans dangerous. Then theThe king praised the highmarshal for building up the Windrunners as military force, and then relieved him of duty. Kaladin was distressed and at first disagreed, but after a heated argument he had to agree he needed a break formfrom active duty. He wondered what if something happened to one of the others because he wasn't there, to which Dalinar countered by asking what if something happenshappened because he iswas there and froze. Dalinar let him keep his rank and offered him a position in training the new forces. Kaladin wasn't sure that was right, and he was allowed some time to think on how he wanted to contribute.{{book ref|sa4|10}}
 
After they took the Oathgate to Urithiru, Kaladin was thinking about how he had almost no squires left, as most of Bridge Four had become Knights and taken their own squires. Many of them invited Kaladin to join them for one activity or the other, but he declined them all and wanted to be alone. The moment he stepped into his rooms he broke. He sank down next to the door, and his emotions overwhelmed him, with the exhaustion and agony washing over him. He thought again about Moash's words, about how everyone was going to die, and he would not be able to stop it. He was taken out of his thoughts when someone started knocking on the door. It was Adolin, who had been fetched by Syl. The highprince insisted that Kaladin joinedjoin him for an evening out, and wasn't accepting any more excuses. Kaladin was forced to admit he shouldn't be left alone thisthat night, and when they left he did thank Syl.{{book ref|sa4|12}}
 
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|Kaladin in reply to Veil who said Kal liked smart girls.{{book ref|sa4|12}}
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Adolin took them to his favorite winehouse, [[Jez's Duty]], where he had his own booth andat which [[Shallan#Veil|Veil]] was sitting already. When the [[Mel|barmaid]] came, he ordered an orange wine, as he knew alcohol would be bad for him in his current mood. Veil and Kaladin exchanged reports on their respective missions. Radiant took over and explained that they had found a balance as the Three, but that there was more going on with her. Kaladin admitted he wasn't sure he could help, as he could barely keep it together himself. Adolin returned, and he and Veil talktalked about the ongoing wedding party , and how Kaladin didn't notice the bar staff. Veil changeschanged the topic of the conversation to finding someone to setupset up with Kaladin, to the Windrunner's horror. Adolin and Veil taketook turns suggesting womanwomen, and Kal rejected them all. This went on until Veil left to get another drink.
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|Let her know you care, listen to her. Be encouraging, but don't try to force her to be happy. And don't let her be alone, if you're worried about her..."
|Kaladin's advice to Adolin to help Shallan{{book ref|sa4|12}}
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After a bit of silence, Adolin sat closer to Kaladin. He asked what iswas going on, and eventually Kaladin admitted he had been relieved of duty. Adolin responded supportivesupportively and even allowed that his father could be wrong. He did not know how to, but he wanted to help., Alsothinking asthat it might also provide him with a way to help Shallan. The highprince eventually getsgot Kaladin to give him some advice on how to help Shallan, and thatKaladin's suggestions were exactly the things Adolin had been doing for him rightthat therenight. The bridgeboy called his companion a fool, and suggested they needed to get him a spren., Andsaying that getting rid of his Shardblade would help, which; Adolin refused this adamantly. Later, Veil joined them and the evening went on.{{book ref|sa4|12}}
 
Two hours later, when Rock came to the booth, Adolin and Veil left to let them speak alone. Kaladin tried to avoid the conversation, but Rock insisted as Kaladin had refused several times before. Rock agreed it had been good to wait and give his family time to rest, but now he had to return to his people. He had to face the consequences of his action of lifting the bow to save Kaladin's life. Kal warned him ofabout Moash, but Skar and Drehy willhad agreed to escort Rock and his family to the peaks. Kaladin considered going with them, but he realized it would not solve his problems.The They embraced in a final farewell, as Rock didn't expect to come back from his journey.{{book ref|sa4|12}}
 
Ten days after the return from Hearthstone, Kaladin attended a ceremony where Sigzil was promoted to run the daily business of the Windrunner,s while Skar would lead the missions. The highmarshal was still figuring out what new role would suite him. He went to the sparring grounds looking for [[Zahel]], but the swordmaster was out on the field as he had laundry detail today. While waking to the field, he made a short detour to visit Rlain on the growing fields. The listener was overseeing the use of gemstones to aid growth of crops. Rlain complaiend that humans could not hear the rhythms nor sing the pure tones. Despite that they were making progress. Kaladin told Rlain that Yunfah would try to bond with the listener. When Rlain learned the spren had been pressured, he didn't want the bond. He then told Kaladin how he became a bridgeman by answering a question from his master.{{book ref|sa4|15}}
This changes when Kaladin, at a suicidal disadvantage, aids Adolin in a battle against four other Shardbearers. After the duel, while the king offers a boon to Adolin, Kaladin unknowingly embarrasses Elhokar by demanding a Right of Challenge to face Amaram in the arena, resulting in his incarceration. This only further convinces Kaladin that lighteyes can't be trusted. Upon being freed, however, he discovers that Adolin had demanded to be locked up in the same prison, and had refused to be released until Kaladin was pardoned. When questioned why, the prince only says that it wasn't right after Kaladin had saved his life. Adolin then offers Kaladin one of the newly won sets of Shards, though the former bridgeman refuses both, stating that the artifacts had killed too many of his friends for him to want anything to do with them. Confused, the prince instead gives the set to Moash at Kaladin's recommendation. From there the two become good friends, although their friendship is stressed due to their mutual attraction to Shallan Davar. After a while, Shallan and Adolin confess their love to each other and Kaladin gives up on her for good.
 
Throughout their relationship, Adolin notices Kaladin's numerous depressive spirals and helps to break him of them, subtly or not, by forcing Kaladin to spend time around friends and not be alone with his thoughts. Adolin's support of Kaladin is highlighted after Kaladin is relieved of duty as Highmarshal, resulting in Kaladin's depression worsening, and Adolin insists he accompany him to winehouses and various outings.{{citebook ref|sa4|12}}
 
=== Wit ===