To care - sketch
Added 2025-03-25 17:23:15 +0000 UTC(Mildest of spoilers for Oathbringer/Wind and Truth)
Caring is a huge topic in the Stormlight Archive. In Rhythm of war, I loved a line Hesina, Kaladin’s mother, says to his father:
“Your son is a soldier, Lirin. A soldier who inherited his father’s determination, skill, and compassion. You tell me honestly. Who would you rather have out there fighting? Some crazed killer who enjoys it, or the boy you trained to care?”
And then in Wind and Truth, Adolin reflects:
He had promised to help Azir. But why?
Because his mother had trained him to care. As Dalinar had worked to make Adolin into a weapon, Evi had worked to make Adolin into one that had meaning.
Brandon Sanderson doesn’t do these things by chance, and I love him for it. So here are the boys trained to care.
