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I'm going to try, though it is a pretty hefty drive (I'm over in Pittsburgh).

I'm just glad I got him to say NECROSQUIRREL on the air.

Not necessarily. It can pretty well be assumed that Shardplate is behaving differently in modern Roshar than it did under the Knights Radiant (less awesome glowing, for one). It's also implied that this is probably a result of modern Rosharians being unaware of how to use it as originally intended, not that the Plate itself has become weaker. It would make sense that if a modern Rosharian like Elkohar got his hands on an Honorblade, he wouldn't be able to innately make use of all of it's abilities and might assume that it is simply just another Shardblade - and use it like just another Shardblade despite it being capable of much more.

There is a third option. We know from the discussions about dueling in WoK that it is possible for a Shardbearer to lend his or her shards to another person (don't have the book handy to give a direct citation, but it's mentioned that a duelist can ask to borrow the king's plate and blade somewhere in there). There's nothing stopping the Azish government from having specific bureaucrats who are bonded to all of their shards, who then lend out the shards as need be. Naturally there's a lot of questions for how exactly it would work. We don't know if lending shards requires close proximity, or if it involves unbonding the blade from the original owner and bonding it to the other, or even if it's just an Alethi cultural thing. But it does seem like a far more secure option than "lock them up in rooms".

Brandon was at the Colonial B&N store in Orlando on September 2nd, 2010 for the Way of Kings tour (I only know the exact date because he kindly wrote it when he signed the back of my NOOK - I'm not a creepy stalker or anything). Outside of that he hasn't done any other signings in Florida that I'm aware of.

Is the gel leaking from Kaladin's hand Stormlight? Or is it some kind of substance that holds Stormlight that we haven't seen yet? Interesting. E: A rough gemheart would also make sense.

I've never wanted anything so badly in my life! Except to win the lottery. Then I could pay people to pretend we were all Rithmatists.