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So, in the recent newsletter from Sanderson, we get Lift more or less saying what she asked of the Nightwatcher. I have thought about this, and come to the conclusion that Lift is essentially immortal, unaging. She has, after all, been ten for three years. Now, in the Cosmere, there are few ways to truly get immortality. Being a Returned on Nalthis could count, but it requires having a largeish piece of a Shard given to you, and has a requirement for constant replenishment of non-Divine Breaths. Being a Feruchemist and Mistborn, as well as plenty of atium, can grant immortality for a while, but becomes harder as your actual age becomes more unlike your appeared age. There must be a better solution, or else many worldhoppers would be piles of dust. By traveling in the Cognitive Realm, you seem to be unaffected by the passage of time. I propose that the Nightwatcher put Lift partially into the Cognitive Realm in order to accomplish permanence. This can also explain how she can touch spren, as they are apparently tangible and potentially dangerous in the Cognitive Realm (cite the currently non-canon scene where Jasnah goes to the Cognitive Realm after "dying") I'm not sure how she can metabolize food into Stormlight, perhaps some effect of being between worlds, or somehow related to her bane. However, I have figured out how being unchanging can be accomplished.