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Semi-off topic, the bolded part reminds me of the comments made by Syl and Stormfather primarily (can't recall, off the top of my head, if Pattern's commented on it to Shallan before) about "always knowing" that x,y,z could be done by their Radiant only after they've completed the action.

Why would he be ashamed of killing a child who was wielding (probably poorly but still) a shardblade and pointing it at him? We learn earlier in the chapter that Dalinar's plate is pretty wrecked between the multiple falls and then the fight with Thanalan, he's also lost at least two pieces of plate altogether. With the Thrill pushing him, plus basic sense of self-preservation, of course he'd attack/kill a shard wielder. All that aside, he was also a vastly capable warrior facing down a 6-yo so yes, its quite possible he was able to disarm the boy and let he and his mother live if they went into hiding.

A super random observation, BS has described the vast majority of "primary/secondary" characters in the first two books. It's only now that we find out what Renarin looks like re: hair and eye color? I have to wonder at the significance of waiting this long to describe him. and