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Does that imply that allomancy directly affects the spirit of objects (like surge-binding)? That doesn't seem to jive with the application of Scadrial investiture as we've seen it in the books. Would a Shard have an understanding of the periodic table as we do today? Perhaps Preservation's comprehension of metals is different than ours, and any investiture granted by him would operate under different rules.

Sitting in class the other day, I found myself thinking about Sanderson's works while holding a pencil. I thought it would make a cool projectile for a coinshot until I realized that the position of the ferrule at the back of the pencil wouldn't keep the tip elevated when pushed. My question is: even though graphite is nonmetallic, do its magnetic properties allow it to be affected by a steelpush? This may be a RAFO thing for the later eras, but I thought I'd ask.