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== Mechanics ==
{{image|Navani2.jpg|An excerpt from [[Navani's notebook]] depicting an Emotion Bracelet and examples of Stormlight patterns|side=right|width=250px}}
Creating modern fabrials requires trapping the proper type of [[spren]] in a gemstone cut for that purpose.{{book ref|sa3|33}} To trap the spren, artifabrians lure it to a gemstone with something it loves and knows well.{{epigraph ref|sa4|1}} The gemstone must not be fully infused, but needs to have some Light inside of it.
Once it is lured into examining the gemstone, artifabrians drain the Light from the gemstone, using the Arnist Method, which involves placing some larger gemstones around the gemstone to drain the Light, using a [[larkin]], or using tuning forks.{{epigraph ref|sa4|3}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|4}}{{book ref|sa4|42}} If the Light is sucked out of the gem quickly enough, the spren will be sucked into the gemstone. After the spren is stuck, the spren can be manipulated to the artifabrian’s content.{{epigraph ref|sa4|5}} The types of spren that can be captured in a [[polestone]] depend on the gem's type and color, implying that there are thousands of possible combinations.{{file ref|Navani1.jpg|text=Navani's Notebook: One}}{{book ref|sa4|42}} These fabrial-gems are encased in a metal wire frame, which determines the effect of the fabrial, along with the type of spren.{{epigraph ref|sa4|6}} Their power can be determined by the pattern of Light that gets filtered through the gemstone, although it cannot be seen with the naked eye.{{file ref|Navani2.jpg|text=Navani's Notebook: Two}} Spren corrupted by [[Sja-anat]] will behave differently in a fabrial.{{wob ref|11659}} It is possible for synthetic gemstones to be used in fabrials.{{wob ref|2702}}
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