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I'm kind of glad he did revive it, it was cool to see this in my inbox today. It's still a bit puzzling to me that he went out of his way to introduce it as an aluminum necklace though. Could it be that the necklace stopped her from breathing in stormlight kind of like how the aluminum sheets prevented spanreeds in Kholinar?

Hi there! First time poster, but long time fan of all of you on the forum. In one of the Shallan flashback chapters, the one where she buys Jushu back, the man collecting her debt said something interesting. Shallan's necklace was made of aluminum, which can only be soulcast. There's been some WOB where he's said that aluminum has some weird effects on magic systems all over the cosmere. My theory is that the aluminum necklace supressed or killed Shallan's bond with Pattern. Shallan's father, influenced by Odium, didn't want another radiant around to ruin his plans, so he gave her the necklace to try to sever the bond. That's just my take on it. Thoughts?