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Later, at the place of ritual, Painter struggles with the heat of the ground and the stones. Yumi has him squat instead of kneel, and Liyun obtains some gloves he can use to pick up stones. Yumi has Painter pick up a stone and they talk through how to sense the rock's center of gravity and how it can be balanced. Yumi has him pick up another stone, and explains that they will likely spend several days simply picking up rocks to practice getting a feel for them. They two enter the cold spring to bathe and Yumi prepares Nikaro to apologize to Liyun for their failure when she arrives. Painter is frustrated by Yumi's renewed strictness after feeling like they were beginning to connect better.
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Yumi takes a shower, opting for cold water to avoid getting too comfortable. Meanwhile, Painter learns to manipulate the souls of his clothing, and is able to dress himself. After washing and praying Yumi exits and dresses as well. Yumi is shivering, so Painter touches the hion lines in the thermostat to warm the room.
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One week later, in Painter's apartment, they watch the final episode of Seasons of Regret, which closes with a kiss--to Yumi's shock--and a sad ending. They discuss the ending as Yumi looks out through the window. When Nikaro suggests returning to practice, Yumi declares that she is tired of practicing and wishes to go hunting the stable nightmare. Painter tries to discourage her, and has been stalling for a while now, but she insists.
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The tree floats off toward the orchard, climbing higher into the sky. They break through the layer of plants that float freely in the sky, and witness the breathtaking scenery. Eventually he leans back from the trunk and they descend into the orchard. Yumi is concerned they will be captured, but they gather their things and return to the shrine. When Liyun arrives she asks about the "hooliganism" that occurred in town, but Painter plays innocent. Note that Hoid is the narrator of this story and thus "appears" in that capacity in every chapter.
Back in his apartment Nikaro seeks comfort in memories of Yumi and is lost on what to do, seeing the flaws in every plan he concocts. He recalls the way nightmares often return to the sites of former victims, and so he takes his things and sets off to the location where he last encountered Liyun. She appears and he speaks to her, calling out her true identity. He realizes that the scholars are afraid of Yumi and surmises that they have been holding her prisoner. He stacks stones and tries to remind Liyun that she serves Yumi.
My only real gripe with this novel is that it foreshadows a sad ending, plays it out, then changes its mind. I do imagine this will please a lot of people, but as someone who likes sad stories I was a bit disappointed. It felt comparable to The Dark Knight Rises, which I think is just about a perfect movie if you cut the last five-ish minutes out. If Yumi had gone through with its initial resolution, I think it would be one of my favorite Sanderson novels. Yumi apologizes to Nikaro as she begins to fade, along with the other yoki-hijo.
And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. She's sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado.
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The large nightmare has lupine features and crouches over the boy, and Nikaro realizes that this one is almost fully stable and thus extremely dangerous. He begins to panic, but then hears the child sniffling and realizes the terrified child is awake. Instead of running for help, Painter extracts his supplies. The nightmare notices him and approaches, trying to work through the wall of the building, as he begins to paint.
There is a knock at the door, which Yumi opens to reveal not just Akane--who has been inviting her to eat frequently--but also Tojin, Masaka, and Izzy. They insist that she take a break from her alleged studies and join them for dinner. Painter tells her to send them away, but Yumi can't stand the idea of another day spent painting bamboo and decides to go. Hoid explains the mysterious past behind the advent of the nightmares, the shroud, and the hion lines, before getting to Painter as he arrives at foreman Sukishi's office. Nikaro turns in two bamboo paintings, takes his wage, and leaves as Sukishi eyes him skeptically and berrates him about not properly tailoring his drawings to the appearance of nightmares.
Plants in the ruins of Torio City are used to create new strains that can survive the new environment. Painter and Yumi rename the restaurant to the Noodle Princess, which continues to be successful, and add an art gallery of paintings and stacked stones. The couple never tells anyone the full story, having convinced their friends that Yumi is a secret girlfriend from another city rather than his sister. The nightmares never return and the Nightmare Division and Dreamwatch are disbanded. Painter escapes public attention as Usasha--the only painter to die in the attack--is given credit for leading the defense.
Izzy asks Yumi some questions in order to determine her dramascope. Painter decides he doesn't want to be around his old friends so he moves to the bar. Yumi approaches moments later, unsure what to order and beginning to rethink her decision to come. Design emerges from the kitchen and drops a bowl of soup when she sees Nikaro, thinking he has died. Painter wakes in his own apartment to the sound of someone at the door.
Some of you might already know I am not a reader of romance novels. And yes, this book can definitely be categorized as one. But Sanderson deftly handled the balance between plotting, mystery, characterizations, world-building, fantastical aspects, and romance. The romance never overwhelmed the other spotlights of the novel for me. And I will argue that the romantic scene here is relatively few.
It uses Investiture, taking the appearance of smoke, to repair itself. It is surrounded by thousands of spirits, undulating to a rhythm. Yumi encounters the shield and cannot approach any closer. Yumi awakens in her wagon, believing once again that the Festival of Reveals is one hundred days away. Blessed (or cursed, depending on who you ask) with human intelligence, Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, magical talking cat extraordinaire, spends most of his time keeping his human out of trouble.
The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions, and the Knights Radiant and the nations of Roshar have a mere 10 days to prepare for the worst.
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