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That Which Does Not Kill Us by kiminsocks
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
21 Jul 2025
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Summary
A rescue mission is undertaken when Renarin and Rlain are captured by the enemy.
It is only mostly successful.
At what point is the outcome not worth the cost?
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“I find my inner scholar beckoning, and now that my plans have been thwarted, I have decided to indulge that part of myself. I have always been curious about a human’s tolerance for pain. About how much a human body can take before it fails. About how much a human mind can withstand before it snaps.”
El looks at Kaladin with a twisted smile.
Then he looks at Adolin, his eyes filled with a fathomless darkness.
“Even more,” he says slowly, “I wonder how deep human bonds go. I wonder if that bond can itself lead to madness.”
His smile turns sharp around the edges.
“How lucky I am, then, that two such perfect test subjects have fallen into my hands.”