Questioner
Kind of an interesting question I guess, and it's mostly, like, Emperor's Soul.
Brandon Sanderson
Uh-huh?
Questioner
It's funny because I was reading that book and I almost, almost thought that you put a twist where, like, her soul was stamped, and actually she was, like, not exactly who she thought she was. Did that ever cross your mind?
Brandon Sanderson
I did, but at some point, um--
Questioner
Maybe it's a bit cheesy, I dunno.
Brandon Sanderson
--sometimes you twist so much. I felt that the more impact thing was the fact that she was planning this whole exit strategy to wipe herself away. I thought that was more telling about her than having her soul stamped. I did consider it, but it just felt like it was one of those over-twists, does that make-- make sense?
Questioner
It might have--yeah, cause that's supposed to be a classic, like, "oh, *inaudible*" But anyway...
Brandon Sanderson
But you know, I mean there's some books where I've done--where I've like--this is the classic twist, and I like it, so I do it anyway.