Questioner
First of all, on the [Arcanum Unbounded] endpapers, what's the position of... Where is it from? What's the reference point?
My friend asked (and I was there with him asking my own question) Brandon and Isaac at the Provo release where the perspective on the end papers is from – Brandon confirmed that it was from Silverlight, after checking with Isaac. There was some wonkiness in the response though – Isaac said something like as it was “imagined” from Silverlight, and I tried to get clarification for what that meant (is that because Silverlight is mobile?), but stayed pretty vague (got the impression he was maybe saying there was some sort of artistic license taken?). I consider it confirmed that it is from the perspective of Silverlight, but that that there is more going on there.
Brandon Sanderson
Reference point in this, I believe, is Silverlight. But it's not how they would exactly see them all. But it is done by someone from Silverlight. Right, Isaac? This is done by someone from Silverlight? And that's gonna be kind of our reference point, but they are imagining a place... right?
Isaac Stewart
They're imagining a place where the constellations would look like this. There iss an actual place where it looks that way. *talking over one another*
sillyslovene
Is that because Silverlight is mobile? Or is that because...
Brandon Sanderson
No.
Questioner
You say "imagine." I just wondered what "imagine" means.
Brandon Sanderson
I'm saying, I'm not sure-- *to Isaac* Did you set that from Silverlight?
Isaac Stewart
No, no. It is set from a point in the cosmere itself.
Questioner
So that they can say they can see all of them in one--
Isaac Stewart
So, that is an actual night sky somewhere in the cosmere.
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, okay. Yeah. I now know what he's talking about.
*inaudible* [1:11]
Questioner 2
I've been meaning to ask you this 'cause you did the artwork for it. How can you have more than one planet habitable in the same solar system? Don't planets have - I mean I know it's *inaudible* [1:28]
Isaac Stewart
*inaudible* [2:12]
Isaac Stewart
Well there's always a belt in the solar system where *inaudible*
Questioner 2
And more than one planet can stay there? 'cause I thought that planets - I don't know the right word but it's like -
Isaac Stewart
No that's fine. There's actually - if there's a planet that's within its habitable zone - it's a zone, so if there are two planets in there, then they both get habitable.
Questioner 2
And they come - 'cause I thought that - that one of the definitions of a planet is that they move everything out of the way, like one of the reasons that they *inaudible* planets is that they move *inaudible* out of the way. Like, it doesn't have strong enough attraction to either pull things in or move *inaudible*