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Hey, did you ever write a sequel?

I read the story and couldn't put it down. Absolutely wonderful read about a part of Roshar that we know is in peril but isn't mentioned in any of the main line books because none of our main characters are there.

I think Harmonium always repels Trellium but the explosion was caused separating the two halves, Atium and Larasium from the Harmonium. I imagine the scene with the Harmonium forming a dumbell shape, with one circular glob of Larasium on the left, one circular glob of Atium on the right and the Trellium coming right in the middle like a knife forcing the two to apart and causing a big explosion.

This week chapters were fun as now we finally get to meet more Ghost Bloods outside of morally ambiguous characters like Mraize. But as always if Sanderson is gonna use Chemistry and Science to explains his world I'm gonna dig into his use of it and its implications. So in the chapter we find out that Wax can almost separate the Larasium from the Atium by passing a current through Harmonium by pulling on it. This would never work on an actual alloy but I think what Sanderson is doing is trying to show us that the metal's positive and negative portions of it can be split by applying a positive and negative bias to it. The Larasium (positive) gets attracted to the anode and the Atium (negative) gets attracted to the cathode, and then pulling the anode and cathode apart would help separate the two. Did anyone else make this connection?

As happy as I am to learn that Wayne is the best lay MeLaan has had in centuries, does anyone else here just love how much time Sanderson spent on getting the science right? I have a Ph.D in chemistry and he had Wax run Elemental emission spectrum on the samples which is a standard elemental analysis experiment. And then he makes its Cosmere consistent by having the spectrum flat because the metals don't have distance energy levels, its just absolutely bounding with energy and gives a flat line. Then he out does himself again by running the acid/base experiments in an aluminzed steel box. Not only would that box be really corrosive resistant for the acids, but also investiture resistant for the magic. The experiments are internally consistent with both our real world science, and his fantasy magic system. Mad love for Brandon for blending the two laws together and making both of them feel equally real : )

I was playing with my cat on the newly creased bedsheets and then I realized "Oh no! The bed is now Unmade...."

Hi Everyone, I've read (Audible-ed) almost all of Brandon's Cosmere works and I've just started my second reread of the Stormlight saga. This community has been incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and so I'm signing up!