Kaladin has been relieved of duty due to his depression making him too much of a liability. We've been dancing around this the entire series, and it's been especially blatant so far this book, but wow this is a step I didn't think Brandon would take. This is possibly more devastating to Kaladin than actually freezing up and allowing somebody to die on the battlefield, which is what I expected to eventually happen. I'm sure there'll be a rebound arc as he "gets through it" and returns to action in a critical moment but I love this.
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The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG