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Just regarding ability to speak: it's hard to know how much is real and how much is basically headcanon due to secondary sources, but I definitely see at least some of the Aviar as having a lot in common with parrot species. For example, not an actual true souce, but the Coppermind page for Aviar uses an image of what is clearly a parrot. I had similar impressions just comparing the island chains in Sixth of Dusk to tropical islands. So if the birds actually do have anything in common with parrots, it wouldn't be that weird for them to have some degree of weird mimicry or semi-developed vocal cords, even if they aren't "talking birds" exactly.

Yeah, i tentatively think that Mr. T realized that he gave too much away to Wit in the first interaction. Wit left realizing that something was strange with "Rayse". So he went back, pruned the conversation, and then tried it again so that he could come across as simple, dumb, and straightforward. Notice how hammy and over-the-top his performance feels in the second conversation - same lines from Wit, but Odium just being full of "I will defeat you grrrr". Otherwise, I don't think memories at large were destroyed. Now that said, I do feel its fully possible that memories were viewed, and this might give Mr. T some access to unexpected knowledge. But removing any significant amount of memories from Wit feels like it would tip him off at some point in one way or another. That said, if he did, then I imagine perfect pitch could be the clue that Wit finally uses to crack the case. It's not clear if Mr. T would know or realize that breath gives Wit his pitch, and therefore might not have realized that he'd be able to tell based on the lack of it. Really interested to see where this goes.

Agreed with the above, that the loophole could be trying to force Dalinar to break his oath. Only other one that comes to mind is some multi-step process where Dalinar loses, becomes a servant of Odium, but retains his role as the envoy/representative of Honour. Odium then can make Dalinar do anything, and Dalinar speaks in Honours name, so perhaps he would be able to force Dalinar, as Honour, to then release him. Honestly unclear.

I just want to add that we've seen the full complement of a Skybreakers Oaths 1-5. 1. Life before death, journey before.... you know this one 2. The Ideal of Justice (swearing to follow the law) 3. The Ideal of Dedication (swearing to follow a code or an individual) 4. The Ideal of Crusade (A quest) 5. The Ideal of Law, in which the Skybreaker becomes the embodiment of law. It's described by Nale I believe as the point where a Skybreaker has to stop depending on codes and guidance and become able to trust to themselves to determine right and wrong. My issue with the ideal of 6+ ideals is that assuming that the general progression is similar for most other orders, it doesn't leave a ton of room to figure out where further oaths could go, given that this seems like a pretty complete journey. The only potential ideal I could really see beyond that would be one last level, something akin to transcending the limits of just your order and adopting the wisdom of other orders as well (and even THAT assumes there isnt mutual contradiction)