Thinking about the beginning of ROW makes me sad all over again when I remember Kaladin asked his parents to come with him to Urithiru several times and they refused each time because Lirin was the only surgeon in the town for miles in a dire time.
And it’s especially heartbreaking because you can’t even blame his parents for that too much. Kaladin would have done the same thing. He gets it from his father in the first place.
But can you imagine reuniting with your family after literal years, and you just want them close to you to keep them safe, but they keep choosing the town you only remember as the people who isolated you and didn’t stand up for you when your life and family got destroyed.
You keep asking for one year. And they keep choosing other people over you. Until Kaladin finally managed a way to get the entire town out with them, because to him, protecting them was more important whether they love him or not. And then they immediately went with him. But he was never their first choice.
Kaladin was content to let them think he’s dead until the moment he found out the place they live in might be in danger. He kept flying back and forth between Hearthstone and Urithiru between his battles for one year because he was worried about them.
AND THEY NEVER FUCKING WROTE HIM A LETTER BACK IN AMARAM’S ARMY AFTER TIEN DIED
