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Chapter 58 (Spanreeds)
Icons: Jez and Chach...a Windrunner stealing a ruby-powered fabrial. That fits.
Epigraph: Modern scientific theory, huh? Thousands of years of tradition. Well, at least the undertext of Rhythm of War is authored by a human. And one working with Raboniel at that, which leaves Navani (duh) or one of her staff (unlikely). So much for my recent change in theory. Is there any reason to think that the main text and undertext would be written by different people? 

Raboniel, you turned off your plumbing fabrials. Not a smart move in a kilometer-high city complex, even if only the lowest floors are occupied.

Kaladin locking the door with a magic broom should be humorous, but it’s immediately followed by a traumatic flashback. No jokes today.

This heist just got more interesting. We’re not going to steal someone’s cell phone, we’re going to rob the regional communications hub. 

Syl and Kal can see the secretspren, and Syl knows that’s weird. Good, we have another advantage. Oh, unless the visibility effect makes Syl worse at hiding. That would not be advantageous. Good point, Syl.

It is a heist movie! We’re going in through the air vents and everything!

Oh, I guess that idea got rejected. Next up: impersonate the commanding officer. Yes, we’re going to hit all the tropes, aren’t we?

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“I am super annoyed, can’t you tell?”

Quality acting, Syl. Good work. Although it does occur to me to ask whether spren use the rhythms. That’s something that would immediately stand out to singers.

Oh, and the air vents are go! As is the dangling from the ceiling trick! Brandon must have had a lot of fun outlining this sequence.

Ah, and instead of exfil Kaladin gets to protect the spanreeds while racing for the next Macguffin (in this case the node that Raboniel is on her way to sabotage).