Words of Radiance Excerpt

[Windrunner he/him]

Maybe you guys remember a while back when Brandon posted a bit of Amaram dialogue in Morse code on reddit? Well, he's done a similar thing again, here!

 

Shallan turned, heart still racing, to see Yalb walking over with the “new kid,” a six-foot-tall hulk of a man who was at least five years Yalb’s senior. They’d picked him up at Amydlatn, the last port. Tozbek wanted to be sure they wouldn’t be undermanned during the last leg to New Natanan.

 

Yalb squatted down beside her stool. In the face of the chill, he’d acquiesced to wearing a shirt with ragged sleeves and a kind of headband that wrapped over his ears.

 

“Brightness?” Yalb asked. “You all right? You look like you swallowed a turtle. And not just the head, neither.”

“I’m well,” Shallan said. “What...what was it you wanted of me, again?”

 

“In Kharbranth,” Yalb said, thumbing over his shoulder. “Did we or did we not meet the king?”

 

“We?” Shallan asked. “I met him.”

 

“And I was your retinue.”

 

“You were waiting outside.”

 

“Doesn’t matter none,” Yalb said. “I was your footman for that meeting, eh?"

 

Footman? He’d led her up to the palace as a favor. “I...guess,” she said. “You did have a nice bow, as I recall.”

 

“See,” Yalb said, standing and confronting the much larger man. “I mentioned the bow, didn’t I?”

 

The “new kid” rumbled his agreement.

 

“So get to washing those dishes,” Yalb said. He got a scowl in response. “Now, don’t give me that,” Yalb said. “I told you, galley duty is something the captain watches closely. If you want to fit in around here, you do it well, and do some extra. It will put you ahead with the captain and the rest of the men. I’m giving you quite the opportunity here, and I’ll have you appreciate it.”

 

That seemed to placate the larger man, who turned around and went tromping toward the lower decks.

 

“Passions!” Yalb said. “That fellow is as dun as two spheres made of mud. I worry about him. Somebody’s going to take advantage of him, Brightness.”

 

“Yalb, have you been boasting again?” Shallan said.

 

“T’ain’t boasting if some of it’s true.”

 

“Actually, that’s exactly what boasting entails.”

Pretty sweet, no? Unless I'm mistaken, we haven't seen much of present-day Shallan from WoR, yet.

[Shardlet he/him]

May I be the first to upvote you for this, kind sir?  Thank you.

[Kurkistan he/him]

Nice.

 

Yeah, I think that is the first present-day excerpt so far.

[firstRainbowRose she/her]

About time you guys found this!  I was wondering how long it would take...

 

...I mean, I didn't see this until just now!  I haven't known about it since it was only an hour old...... *whistles innocently*

 

Really though, watch his Reddit history.  There's some interesting tid bits all the time.

[Argent he/him]

Really though, watch his Reddit history.  There's some interesting tid bits all the time.

 

's exactly what this got me thinking about. I've been... avoiding Reddit, because of the dangers that lurk in it. Most notably, the time sink I really can't afford. But it's Brandon, so... =\

[bookspren]

Thanks. That's a great little bit.