DSC01 he/him Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Lift clearly has a lot of powers outside of what is typical for an Edgedancer. Even the Stormfather is surprised by her ability to jump into visions as she pleases. Anyway, we can discuss those at length, but I noticed a particular ability on second read that I missed at first. Now, to be fair, this does seem to be a different version of what she does in Edgedancer, where she can immediately speak weird street slang that she's never heard before, and I think it's probably a standard Edgedancer ability, not something special. On page 652 of the US hardcover (chapter 65, when Dalinar goes to Azir), Dalinar and the Stormfather are talking: Quote You've always worried about this, haven't you? the Stormfather said in his mind. "About what?" That the world would come to be ruled by pens and scribes, not swords and generals. "I..." Blood of my fathers. That was true. On the next page, Lift asks him, "You said something earlier. About men?" and Dalinar explains. But he didn't say anything about men. He said, "About what?" and, "I..." Even if Lift can listen in on the Stormfather, no one ever said the word, "men." And yet Lift knew that was what they were discussing and asked about it. EDIT: Okay, I was ignoring Dalinar saying, "The contests of kingdoms are supposed to be a masculine art." I guess this is Les of a profound observation than I thought. But still, it seems like Lift picked up on more than one might expect from that. Edited November 30, 2017 by DSC01
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