Niser Resin

I think a large part of Kaladin's reasons for not killing Szeth was because he wanted to die. If you kill a suicidal person, you're rewarding him.

So, during WoR Shallan convinces a bunch of criminals to do the right thing. Pattern states that she used the Surge of Transformation. So, does this mean Transformation is more than just Soulcasting? Does the Surge represent more than the effects of Surgebinding? I'm confused.

"What are you?" "I'm . . . sorry." -szeth "What are you?" "Death." -also szeth.