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\|books=[[Mistborn (series)\|Mistborn]],{{msh ref\|1\|1}} [[Warbreaker]], [[The Stormlight Archive]], [[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]], [[Yumi and the Nightmare Painter]], [[The Sunlit Man]] }} ~~{{spoilers\|tsm}}~~ {{update\|sa4\|yumi}} \|[[Zahel]]’s description of a Cognitive Shadow{{book ref\|sa4\|15}} }} '''Cognitive Shadow''', also known as a '''Type Two Invested entity''',{{book ref\|sa4\|15}} is a term used to refer to a spirit that has not yet moved into the afterlife.{{wob ref\|8836}} While the manifestations of this kind of entity can vary depending on the [[Shardworld\|world]] it occurs on, Cognitive Shadows can occur on any planet in the [[cosmere]]. ~~[[Vasher]] refers to them as a Type Two Invested entity.{{book ref\|sa4\|15}}~~ == Mechanics == === Nalthis === ;[[Returned]] When [[Endowment]] Returns someone after death, she uses a [[BioChromatic_Breath#Type_I\|~~Divine~~divine Breath]] to "staple" the Cognitive Shadow of the deceased person back to that person's body.{{wob ref\|4995}} This process results in the Returned losing any memories of their prior life. Returned must consume one Breath every eight days to fuel their ~~Divine~~divine Breath.{{wob ref\|6776}} [[Vasher]] states that he is a Type Two Invested Entity because he died while “drenched in power” and left behind a “fossil of a soul”.{{book ref\|sa4\|15}} ;[[Lifeless]]