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1 hour ago, Hoid the Drifter said:

Lift takes a nap and wakes up in a tangle of vines, with lifespren dancing around. Did she accidentally convert food to Stormlight in her sleep?

I don't think so.  Using investiture while asleep is not usually possible.

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24 minutes ago, Hoid the Drifter said:

yet the vines weren't there when she went to sleep.

One of the two Surges available to her Order of the Knights Radiant is called Progression. It can be used for healing (Regrowth), we've also seen her use it to facilitate the growth of plants (when she climbs into the Skybreakers' Tashikk hq via a window)

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2 minutes ago, The Ryshadium said:

People can use allomancy in their sleep

No they can't.  They can burn pewter as part of the instinctive healing but that is more of an exception.

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7 minutes ago, Karger said:

No they can't.  They can burn pewter as part of the instinctive healing but that is more of an exception.

Still an example that it is possible. Nothing about Kaladin also using stormlight in his sleep? Both are examples of using investiture while asleep. I don't see any evidence that using investiture while asleep is just impossible most of the time as you claimed.

Edit: also Hero of Ages

Spoiler

Spook uses tin while asleep. I know he was a savant but it should still be part of the discussion.

 

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2 minutes ago, The Ryshadium said:

Still an example that it is possible. Nothing about Kaladin also using stormlight in his sleep? Both are examples of using investiture while asleep. I don't see any evidence that using investiture while asleep is just impossible most of the time as you claimed.

You can't normally burn metals while asleep.  Otherwise you would not have to worry about making yourself sick by having access metal in your system.  You could just burn it off.  Vin mastered a weird skill called instinctive burning that allows her to burn pewter to heal herself while sleeping.  Kaladin's body healing itself is a variant of that.  However surges won't usually just activate without you trying to do so.  Otherwise a dustbringer would probably kill themselves by burning their sheets.

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10 minutes ago, Karger said:

You can't normally burn metals while asleep.  Otherwise you would not have to worry about making yourself sick by having access metal in your system.  You could just burn it off.  Vin mastered a weird skill called instinctive burning that allows her to burn pewter to heal herself while sleeping.  Kaladin's body healing itself is a variant of that.  However surges won't usually just activate without you trying to do so.  Otherwise a dustbringer would probably kill themselves by burning their sheets.

I can accept that explanation. People can sometimes develop the ability to use investiture while asleep in some ways. I wouldn't rule out the eventual possibility that someone could develop the strange ability to surgebind in their sleep though. Especially when things like the old magic are involved. I do agree that it would be very unusual.

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