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* Kaden and Akiil's friendship. When Kaden is told he has to return to Annur to ascend the throne, one of his first questions is whether Akiil can come with him - before he realises that won't be possible. He also worries about how his becoming Emperor might affect their friendship. And later, when the monastery is attacked, he's willing to risk his life to go look for Akiil in the dormitories, before Jakin talks him out of it.
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* Kaden and Akiil's friendship. When Kaden is told he has to return to Annur to ascend the throne, one of his first questions is whether Akiil can come with him - before he realises that won't be possible. He also worries about how his becoming Emperor might affect their friendship. And later, when the monastery is attacked, he's willing to risk his life to go look for Akiil in the dormitories, before Jakin talks him out of it.it.
* The last chapter of the book, where Kaden and Valyn sit together on a ledge and catch up. After several chapters of both of them being grim and miserable and tormented by everything they're endured, we finally see them trading wisecracks and even cracking up laughing at the end. You can tell how being around each other brings out the little boys they'd once been. And even though they've changed and they're struggling to understand each other, Valyn manages to open up and be vulnurable in front of his brother, and Kaden bypasses his Shin training and comforts him. It's a sweet moment at the end of a bleak third act and ends with this gem:
---> '''Valyn:''' We should have stayed in the palace and kept playing with sticks.
* The last chapter of the book, where Kaden and Valyn sit together on a ledge and catch up. After several chapters of both of them being grim and miserable and tormented by everything they're endured, we finally see them trading wisecracks and even cracking up laughing at the end. You can tell how being around each other brings out the little boys they'd once been. And even though they've changed and they're struggling to understand each other, Valyn manages to open up and be vulnurable in front of his brother, and Kaden bypasses his Shin training and comforts him. It's a sweet moment at the end of a bleak third act and ends with this gem:
---> '''Valyn:''' We should have stayed in the palace and kept playing with sticks.
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* Valyn and Ha Lin's first kiss. They're hardened soldiers trained in ways most kids their age can't even imagine, but in that moment, they're just a pair of young people with strong feelings for one another. Valyn thinks later that even if Kettral code prevents them from officially being together, they can still spend the rest of their lives fighting together as part of the same Wing.
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* Valyn and Ha Lin's first kiss. They're hardened soldiers trained in ways most kids their age can't even imagine, but in that moment, they're just a pair of young people with strong feelings for one another. Valyn thinks later that even if Kettral code prevents them from officially being together, they can still spend the rest of their lives fighting together as part of the same Wing.Wing.
* Kaden and Akiil's friendship. When Kaden is told he has to return to Annur to ascend the throne, one of his first questions is whether Akiil can come with him - before he realises that won't be possible. He also worries about how his becoming Emperor might affect their friendship. And later, when the monastery is attacked, he's willing to risk his life to go look for Akiil in the dormitories, before Jakin talks him out of it.
* Kaden and Akiil's friendship. When Kaden is told he has to return to Annur to ascend the throne, one of his first questions is whether Akiil can come with him - before he realises that won't be possible. He also worries about how his becoming Emperor might affect their friendship. And later, when the monastery is attacked, he's willing to risk his life to go look for Akiil in the dormitories, before Jakin talks him out of it.
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* Kaden and Valyn's reunion after eight years of separation, especially Valyn tackling his brother in a fierce hug. After spending the latter half of the book as a stoic soldier, Kaden's presence just seems to take him back, just a little, to their childhood. Doubles as a {{Tearjerker}} because [[spoiler: Kaden has gone into the ''vaniate'' and thus switched off his emotions, so he can only respond to Valyn's affection with cold dismissal.]]
* After spending several chapters bickering, blaming each other and generally not getting along, it's heartening to see Valyn's Wing come together as FireForgedFriends, not even questioning Valyn's revelation about the conspiracy against his family, not to mention Annick's [[spoiler: admission of innocence and her coming out]] before uniting to [[spoiler: save Kaden.]]
* After spending several chapters bickering, blaming each other and generally not getting along, it's heartening to see Valyn's Wing come together as FireForgedFriends, not even questioning Valyn's revelation about the conspiracy against his family, not to mention Annick's [[spoiler: admission of innocence and her coming out]] before uniting to [[spoiler: save Kaden.]]
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* Kaden and Valyn's reunion after eight years of separation, especially Valyn tackling his brother in a fierce hug. After spending the latter half of the book as a stoic soldier, Kaden's presence just seems to take him back, just a little, to their childhood. Doubles as a {{Tearjerker}} because[[spoiler: Kaden has gone into the ''vaniate'' and thus switched off his emotions, so he can only respond to Valyn's affection with cold dismissal.]]
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* After spending several chapters bickering, blaming each other and generally not getting along, it's heartening to see Valyn's Wing come together as FireForgedFriends, not even questioning Valyn's revelation about the conspiracy against his family, not to mention Annick's[[spoiler: admission of innocence and her coming out]] out before uniting to [[spoiler: save Kaden.]]
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* Kaden and Valyn's reunion after eight years of separation, especially Valyn tackling his brother in a fierce hug. After spending the latter half of the book as a stoic soldier, Kaden's presence just seems to take him back, just a little, to their childhood. Doubles as a {{Tearjerker}} because
* After spending several chapters bickering, blaming each other and generally not getting along, it's heartening to see Valyn's Wing come together as FireForgedFriends, not even questioning Valyn's revelation about the conspiracy against his family, not to mention Annick's
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* Kaden and Valyn's reunion after eight years of separation, especially Valyn tackling his brother in a fierce hug. After spending the latter half of the book as a stoic soldier, Kaden's presence just seems to take him back, just a little, to their childhood. Doubles as a {{Tearjerker}} because [[spoiler: Kaden has gone into the ''vaniate'' and thus switched off his emotions, so he can only respond to Valyn's affection with cold dismissal.]]
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* Kaden and Valyn's reunion after eight years of separation, especially Valyn tackling his brother in a fierce hug. After spending the latter half of the book as a stoic soldier, Kaden's presence just seems to take him back, just a little, to their childhood. Doubles as a {{Tearjerker}} because [[spoiler: Kaden has gone into the ''vaniate'' and thus switched off his emotions, so he can only respond to Valyn's affection with cold dismissal.
* After spending several chapters bickering, blaming each other and generally not getting along, it's heartening to see Valyn's Wing come together as FireForgedFriends, not even questioning Valyn's revelation about the conspiracy against his family, not to mention Annick's [[spoiler: admission of innocence and her coming out]] before uniting to [[spoiler: save Kaden.]]
* In the online short story ''The Last Abbot of Ashk'lan'', Akiil's determination to find and protect Kaden, even risking his own life, despite his own strict policy about looking out for number one first and foremost.
* Valyn and Ha Lin's first kiss. They're hardened soldiers trained in ways most kids their age can't even imagine, but in that moment, they're just a pair of young people with strong feelings for one another. Valyn thinks later that even if Kettral code prevents them from officially being together, they can still spend the rest of their lives fighting together as part of the same Wing.
* After spending several chapters bickering, blaming each other and generally not getting along, it's heartening to see Valyn's Wing come together as FireForgedFriends, not even questioning Valyn's revelation about the conspiracy against his family, not to mention Annick's [[spoiler: admission of innocence and her coming out]] before uniting to [[spoiler: save Kaden.]]
* In the online short story ''The Last Abbot of Ashk'lan'', Akiil's determination to find and protect Kaden, even risking his own life, despite his own strict policy about looking out for number one first and foremost.
* Valyn and Ha Lin's first kiss. They're hardened soldiers trained in ways most kids their age can't even imagine, but in that moment, they're just a pair of young people with strong feelings for one another. Valyn thinks later that even if Kettral code prevents them from officially being together, they can still spend the rest of their lives fighting together as part of the same Wing.
