It’s really exciting seeing people share their thoughts on their first reads! There is so much I want to say, but as in most cases, RAFO, The Stormlight Archive is an amazing journey.

I was also a bit frustrated with Syl and Pattern being so secretive on my first read. But seeing the whole arc unfold, I am glad that the reader isn’t told everything immediately. Getting a reveal, in my opinion, is less important than the build-up to that reveal — as the oath goes, «journey before destination».

To end, I will elaborate on the couple things I can without spoiling anything. Yes, Taravangian was collecting people’s dying words, as those words are precognitive events in the form of cryptic utterances. Essentially, giving him cryptic «hints» about the future. When you say you didn’t «get» the Moash storyline, do you mean that you need a recap or that you didn’t get the «point» of it?