[OB] How Deep Does a Spren's Consciousness Go?

[The Night Watcher]

For a bonded, or an unbonded. I'm curious for either.

Do you think the bonded understand morality?

Do their understandings differ depending on what type of spren? (i.e. Syl is better at understanding right and wrong [and by default, human nature] than Pattern, who often expresses confusion as to the reasons for humans' actions.)

Do the unbonded think at all? Or do they think in images? Can they communicate? How does it work in Shadesmar? (If I recall, Jasnah mentions something about the Honorspren being vigilante in Shadesmar. Does this mean that all Honorspren can be bonded, and therefore they have consciousness, even if they are NOT bonded?)

UGH. So many questions. Brandon WHY?

[Calderis he/him]

All Nahel Spren are inherently sapient in Shadesmar. They live lives filled with complex thoughts and emotions. 

They can transition into the Physical Realm, where they lose their sapience and function on the level of sentient spren (windspren for Syl, or stupid Pattern like we saw in the beginning of WoR). 

Once they are bonded, they regain their sapience as the bond progresses. 

[The Night Watcher]

@Calderis oh! That actually makes a lot of sense. Thank you for that explanation. But I still wonder about how sapient spren perceive human concepts, like morality.