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=== Awakening ===
Commands are required for [[Awakening]].{{wob ref|6799}} Usually, they must be spoken clearly in the Awakener's native language,{{book ref|wb|46}} though they could make another language with a strong enough [[Connection]]{{wob ref|2699}} and Awakeners of the [[Heightening#Tenth Heightening|Tenth Heightening]] can learn to give their Commands mentally.{{book ref|wb|58}} Under normal circumstances, the Awakener must be touching their target when they give the Command, but an Awakener of the [[Heightening#Ninth Heightening|Ninth Heightening]] can Awaken anything within the sound of their voice.{{book ref|wb|part=ars}} The Awakener must be able to properly visualize the Command, but ultimately the Awakened objects obeys the exact words of the Command.{{book ref|wb|46}}{{wob ref|6799}}
=== Stoneshaping ===
Stoneshaping, and the use of the [[Surge]] of [[Surgebinding#Cohesion|Cohesion]] to reshape objects more generally, often requires a Command, though the Command can be given either mentally or verbally. While stone is often one of the most difficult materials to change with [[Soulcasting]], it readily responds to the Commands and Intent of a Stoneshaper and can [[Connection|Connect]] them with the distant past.{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}}
=== Other ===
[[Khriss]] believes that [[Navani Kholin]]'s method of creating anti-[[Investiture]] requires a Command as well as Intent.{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}} As Navani's thoughts on the process focus on the Intent required and make no mention of a Command,{{book ref|sa4|97}} the Command in this case may be nonverbal or possibly subconscious.
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