Odium's_Shard
So, firstly, is the Cognitive Realm the only way to access the Spiritual Realm from the Physical Realm, and vice versa?
Brandon Sanderson
No.
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Questioner
You've said previously that the Oathgates don't obey Physical Realm speed of light. Do they obey the speed of light in Shadesmar? Or are they tapping into the Spiritual Realm shenanigans?
Brandon Sanderson
They're tapping into Spiritual Realm shenanigans. An Elsecaller is capable of creating something that can teleport you faster than the speed of light.
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Argent (paraphrased)
Do the Spiritual and Physical Realms have names, like Shadesmar is the Cognitive Realm?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Kind of, but not really. Shadesmar is just a rough translation of "Cognitive Realm" in the language of whoever first found out about it. Other people, planets, and worlds wouldn't call it Shadesmar - they would call it whatever their words for "Cognitive Realm" are. This applies to the Physical and Spiritual as well.
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Questioner
In our universe, mass and energy curve space. I was wondering if Investiture does the same or something similar
Brandon Sanderson
It does something similar. It draws the three Realms together. So it's got like-- Imagine a gravitational pull piercing Realms. Right? Of kind of--
Questioner
And that's how a perpendicularity works?
Brandon Sanderson
That's not the only way a perpendicularity works, but one surefire way to create a perpendicularity is a massive collection of Investiture in the Cognitive or mostly Physical realm. But Cognitive's weird, doesn't always work the right way. But there are ways to do it that way too.
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Rangsk
Is the difficulty of moving Investiture offworld specific to Cognitive Realm travel, or does it affect travel in the Physical Realm (for example space travel)? For example, if Kaladin summons Syl as a Shardblade, could he take her on a spaceship and travel to another system?
Brandon Sanderson
They would have the same difficulty.
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CephandriusTW
What would happen if a Radiant spren went to the Physical Realm through a perpendicularity instead of the natural transition they usually do?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. It would normally just not work, but RAFO? ... You have some stuff in Rhythm of War that's like *various sounds of disgust*, but yeah.
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Questioner
So, Sel: Investiture has been pushed into the Cognitive Realm. Threnody: Has it seen something similar?
Brandon Sanderson
It has not seen... Okay. Yes, something similar. It would count. Something similar, yes.
Questioner
If that's the case, what would happen if you were to push Investiture into the Physical Realm?
Brandon Sanderson
It generally manifests either as a solid, liquid, or gas
Questioner
I thought about that. I was like, "We've seen that," but it seemed like a concentrated form. What if you did for like a whole Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
That would probably have disastrous effects.
Questioner
That's why I was thinking for Threnody, but if it hasn't been that, then something else happened.
Brandon Sanderson
It hasn't been that. Something else happened.