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== Self-Awareness ==
The soul of a Lifeless is so diminished that, while it is possible to make a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic spike]] from one, you could only get the barest hint of a charge, producing a very weak spike.{{wob ref|2876}} Nonetheless, Lifeless retain a certain amount of self-awareness after their Awakening, although the implications of this are as yet unexplored.{{
== Maintenance ==
A Lifeless will remain animate and useful for several years as long as the body remains in good condition. This period of usefulness may be extended by injecting [[ichor-alcohol]] into the blood vessels of the Lifeless.{{book ref|wb|46}} Physical damage to a Lifeless may be repaired to an extent; lacerations may be sewn shut, damaged muscles replaced.{{book ref|wb|33}} Yet in time the accumulated modifications lessen its resemblance to a living thing, making it more difficult for Breath to keep it functioning as intended.{{
Lifeless are useful soldiers due to the fact that they do not feel pain and require very little maintenance and no food. Furthermore, the Lifeless retains a measure of the skill that it possessed when alive.{{book ref|wb|33}} This makes it exceedingly economical to reuse the dead soldiers in one's army as Lifeless, as doing so saves money on training costs as well as upkeep.
== Trivia ==
* Around the time he wrote ''Warbreaker'', [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] has hoping to include a Lifeless viewpoint character in the [[Nightblood (book)|''Warbreaker'' sequel]];{{wob ref|7359}} it is unknown whether or not this is still the case.
== Notes ==
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