Shehyn continues the story of Aethe, who disagrees with his best student Rethe. We talk about other famous mythological duos, identify another group of "ethe"s, and parallels to other real-world warrior cultures.

Kvothe and Vashet go to see Shehyn. We discuss what the beginnings of an Adem story can tell us about their culture and their past, we discuss Tempi’s place in the pecking order, and read a letter about Kvothe’s sex life and self-loathing.

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Kvothe learns what it would take for him to truly join the school. We talk about how the other Adem seem to view our boy Tempi, and how the Adem are in some ways, a conscious construction of a very ‘alien’ culture.

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Kvothe discovers why he has been allowed to learn. We talk about the logic of it all, the status distinction of being a mercenary, and Kvothe’s bruised ego.

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Kvothe asks Vashet a presumptuous question. We talk about fonts and fountains, kerning and kernels, long grass and wild Pokemon. Do we talk about the page? Tune in to find out!

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We get a training montage as Kvothe asks of the Chandrian. We talk about Vashet's response, what Adem kids might know of music, and Jordana googles Sybian.

Vashet admits to a cultural musician kink. We talk about Kvothe's complicated opinion of sex workers, rip on the libs, and highlight the violence inherent in the system.

Kvothe confronts some inner prejudices. We talk about how Vashet thinks of herself, why it's OK to eat babies, and the two characters' attitudes toward taboos.

Vashet describes the Adem cultural taboo against singing and musicians. We talk about what this cultural taboo says about our own society’s prejudices, accuse Vashet of being a lib, and Nick puts forward a series of theories.

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Vashet and Kvothe talk about the vast cultural divide between Atur and Ademre. We talk about a well-done Rothfuss, talk about Vashet’s INEXPLICABLE hostility to Tempi, and how Vashet uses the language of sex work to talk about how the Adem view musicians.

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