Connection question

[Tamriel Wolfsbaine]

I have seen this in the MAG and now again in the forums.  

I was always under the impression that tapping connection was how you could speak different languages.  

I assumed that Dalinar had to use his powers to connect and speak native languages.  

However I suddenly think I have been wrong about duralumin for a while.  Is that storing?  So you store your connection to your own native land and tongue and are able to speak the language of a new land?  

I can see this working well but I feel like it would have additional side effects of making you less influential with duralumin. I feel like it would be just as beneficial for communication as it would be a negative in the ability to grow connections with the people you are now speaking with.  

Or is duralumin sort of like tin in that different connections can be stored in different metalminds completely.  You can tap a metalmind to build stronger relationships faster while storing in one to break your connection with your native language thus with 2 metalminds you can both speak with anyone and help turn them into your best friend.  

[alder24]

12 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said:

However I suddenly think I have been wrong about duralumin for a while.  Is that storing?  So you store your connection to your own native land and tongue and are able to speak the language of a new land?  

No, in BoM connection medallions are filled with something called blank connection, which connects you to the first place closest to you, giving you the ability to speak in that language. They do not store their connection before, it looks like a blank connection overwrites your original connection.

14 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said:

Or is duralumin sort of like tin in that different connections can be stored in different metalminds completely.

Yes, there are different types of connections. There are connections to people, places, items, Shards, even time. Bonds, like Nahel Bond, are also connections. I believe you can store them all separately. You can store your connection to a single person, or single location, or to whole group of people, but when tapping it, you’re getting that connection strengthen (as storing connection to a person A and then tapping it affects only your connection to a person A and you can’t tap it to strengthen your connection to a person B).

 

We recently talked about it here, where blank connection was discussed: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/126252-f-duralumin-does-it-store-connection-or-the-ability-to-form-connections/

 

[Leuthie]

WoB has stated that he wants his magic systems to be as complicated to describe as it would be to describe how to build a computer. We're getting a taste of that with this Connection and Identity wonkiness with metalminds.