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[warcried]

I haven't been awake long, but I've been trying to read up on what I can, so a couple of quick questions:

1. Anyone managed to get past one of the locked doors yet? Either with force or another way. I know people were trying, but I haven't heard if anyone's succeeded.
2. I was told something about an organic humanoid capable of exiting the station without protective gear. If so, I'd love to talk to you.
3. Other Force-sensitives, I'd appreciate if we established ROEs immediately.

Thanks.

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[veristitalian]

A finite and finished resource. This may be the last soulcasting I do for some time.

[Another deeply exasperated glance at the hole she carved. At least they've been able to perform some useful tests on it.]

It's the energy, the light that highstorms give off. What do you call it, if not that?

[There are a couple of givens about Roshar that Jasnah may not have realized are intensely local.]

[warcried]

[ he hesitates, then lifts his hand, and lightning sparks around it before fading again. ]

--Different from lightning? [ different worlds often have different words for familiar phenomena, after all, and it's a good idea to get that much out of the way right off the bat. ] Many planets, in my experience, have very different atmospheres, so I'm curious.

[veristitalian]

[Jasnah glances at the sparks, then up at him, extremely curious. But questions can come later.]

Lightning is one thing. Stormlight is another.

[And now that she thinks of it, it's almost self-evident. If the Everstorm was a product of Odium and the Highstorm holds the last echoes of Honor, then-]

On Roshar, when the storm comes, we go into our homes. Leeward walls are built thick, and storm shelters are shaken by the crashing of boulders thrown against them. The ground itself is torn apart. Scounts and caravaneers may weather it- find a crevasse, pull a wooden cover over it, then push their way out past the crem, silt, and sluice deposited over top of them. We send our criminals to be judged by the storm.

But if you have a gemstone, [and here, she pulls the little garnet she arrived with from her pocket, to show him- it's a small chip of the rock, held in the centre of a glass bead, with one flat side so it can rest easily on a table] and you can leave your gems out in the storm, after it's passed they'll be infused with stormlight. Fresh from a storm, I'd be able to read by this. Or, because I'm a soulcaster, turn it into something much more useful.

Now show me what you can do to that wall. You're probably going to need to spend half an hour sitting on the floor when you're done, we can talk more then.