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In the most recent chapters, we just saw that "teleporting" Fused doing some extremely weird stuff. His method of movement is clearly different from the instances of Transportation we have already seen. Just a short summary of differences: No rotating column of light (seen with Oathgates and WoR epilogue) Leaves a crumbling body behind The Fused can't take its clothing or possessions with it. It's clear that it isn't just popping back and forth from the Cognitive Realm. When people enter the Cognitive, they are able to take their body with them as well as their possessions. (WoB spoilered for length): Rather, the fact that the Fused forms a new body with every appearance is more reminiscent of the principle behind stormlight/feruchemical gold healing; using investure to change your body to match your perception of self. It could also be related to what @Scriptorian points out here. First of all, however, I think I actually have an explanation for what's going on with that crumbling body. It would be one thing if the body left behind were flesh and blood, but this one turns to soft stone (crem?) and then disintegrates away. We see that stuff like bodies can change the material they are composed of through Soulcasting, which alters the cognitive aspect of objects and has repercussions in the Physical Realm. But what would happen if an object (or body) somehow had its cognitive Identity ripped away? All matter in the Cosmere must have a cognitive aspect born from how it is perceived by sentient beings, so I believe that an object that loses its identity would fade away. But first, its appearance in the Physical Realm would be influenced by perception. And on Roshar, I think that the general consensus is that crem is the most bland, boring, nothing stuff in existence. Thus, when something on Roshar has a cognitive aspect of "nothing," perception leads to it manifesting as crem. Thus, the Fused is operating by moving its cognitive self independently from its physical self, thus robbing its physical body of a cognitive aspect. I think whatever surge it's using—most likely Transportation, but maybe we're getting tricked—is critical to this. Here is my proposal on the sequence of events: First, the Fused uses Transportation to create a "mini perpendicularity" and moves its cognitive shadow into the Physical Realm. It moves as a spren can, since spren and cognitive shadows are pretty much the same thing realmatically speaking, and then creates another "mini perpendicularity" to re-enter the Cognitive Realm. (Note: in case you're confused, spren like Syl and windspren are completely in the Physical Realm and can fly around anyway) Since it does not perceive itself as "dead," the physical reflection of its cognitive aspect manifests, forming a body. Basically, the opposite of Jasnah transferring her physical self into the Cognitive Realm and back. I hope my theory doesn't seem too ridiculous or overly complicated. Maybe there's a simpler explanation for what's going on here!