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Is Cultivation's Investiture distributed by the crem cycle?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
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Questioner
Yesterday you said that crem was actually like Shard poop.
Brandon Sanderson
No, I was saying that it was more like that than what they were saying.
Questioner
It's not really poop?
Brandon Sanderson
No, its not.
Questioner
Dang it, I like poop jokes! Can you make it poop so i can have a poop joke.
Brandon Sanderson
Ok, for the next thirty seconds it is.
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Questioner
Where do gemhearts come from?
Brandon Sanderson
They grow naturally, just like your fingernails grow.
Questioner
Where do they get the resources?
Brandon Sanderson
The rain that falls on Roshar is [hard] water, full of crem that crystalizes. If you drink that water, it gives you the nutrients that you need to make gemhearts.
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Questioner
Is the crem--is it natural--are the highstorms magically created and that's why--
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah the crem is there to keep the continent from washing away. So I had to add a magical element that, if it were not in the cosmere with magic, this would not work.
Questioner
Is that why the Weepings don't have crem, is that's a natural storm?
Brandon Sanderson
That is because I didn't want there to be too much crem at that point. These are all story structure things, instead. World-wise, I would say a little more natural, sort of blow off steam, there.
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Questioner
Has stormwater tasted metallic always?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
Even pre-Shattering?
Brandon Sanderson
Even pre-Shattering it would get a metallic taste, that's the crem. So. That is an indication of Investiture and things. But it was there-- it was in place first, before.
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Questioner
Is crem spren poop? Or at least… not literally, but something like it?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, it’s more like Shard poop. (Somewhat unsure sounding?)
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leinton (paraphrased)
Is crem made out of calcium carbonate?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
No, that it was a darker material, and wouldn’t directly correlate to any rocks on Earth
leinton (paraphrased)
Where does it come from?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
That’s one of the greater mysteries. Far in the future, scientists on Roshar will start asking that same question.