A 2nd Susebron-like Trick? Shallan and Colors

[Crylorenzo he/him]

From Chapter 13 we read "When she became Veil, the colors in the room… muted. The colors didn’t change, but her perception shifted. Shallan would have described those strata lines as rust colored, but to Veil they were just red."

The color difference here should make anyone who has read Warbreaker thing of BioChromatic breath and it made me wonder what is going on. I heard someone else mention that maybe there is something going on like maybe she's a Returned. I wonder now if something like what happened with Susebron where someone gave her breaths, but maybe not enough to make a strong difference (not 50 enough for the first heightening(I know Susebron has a lot more - the connection I'm seeing is that if this happened, it likely happened while Shallan was very young). Could someone have breathes for so long and not notice it?

If not these reasons, why do you think this detail is here? And why does it change when she becomes Veil? I came here less with answers and more to start a discussion I'm curious about. Thoughts?

Edited September 30, 2020 by Crylorenzo

[ftl]

I think it’s just about how the different personalities think differently.

 

Shallan is an artist. She notices subtle variations in colors, but doesn’t check up on the guardsman hanging out with Balat.

 

Veil is a spy. She doesn’t care about colors as much but notices Mraize and takes care to protect her satchel.

[Crylorenzo he/him]

That makes sense - I wonder then if this has to do with real DID things that he has heard/read about. I wonder if this change in perception affecting how they view the world is what happens to some people with DID.

[Karger he/him]

It also might be a dampening of that aspect of her Lightweaving.  As we see with Tein Lightweavers do have slightly enhanced perceptions.

[Crylorenzo he/him]

Hmm... If Shallan's Lightweaving abilities are tied to her Shallan personality and not tied to the Veil personality, does that mean that Veil and/or Radiant could each develop a different Nahel bond with different abilities? Not going to lie, that would actually be really cool to have 3 Radiants + in one.