Has anyone else noticed a similarity between Shallan's reliance on alternative personalities to cope with new and stressful situations and Shai's essence marks to create new histories for herself, psychologically both seem to use the same technique.
This is from Emperors New Soul but it could almost be Shallan's internal dialogue.
I wonder if Realmatically there is any similarity between Shallan's Lightweaving and Forgery.