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Lift's visit to the Nightwatcher leaves her with a rather unique trait, one that is not among the typical power set of the Edgedancers.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} She exists partially in the Cognitive realm, which grants her some special abilities. The first is that she can touch spren, something that is supposed to be impossible, as they exist mostly in the Cognitive realm.{{book ref|sa4|i|5}} This ability greatly helps Lift with her thievery, as Wyndle takes the form of a vine. He can make handholds or increase the width of ledges for Lift by growing where she needs to go, but no one else is able to see or touch him. She is also one of the few people who can always see [[Syl]], regardless on whether she wants to be seen.{{book ref|sa4|41}}
Lift's other power is even more impressive.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} Unlike most Surgebinders, who are able to draw Stormlight from external sources, Lift metabolizes food directly into [[Lifelight]], and uses Lifelight to fuel her Surges instead of Stormlight.{{wob ref|8073}}{{wob ref|2739}}{{book ref|RoW|60}} Food that she can metabolize quicker, such as bread, can be metabolized into Lifelight faster than something like sausage, but may provide less Lifelight overall because it has fewer calories. Her Lifelight is produced in place of sugar.{{wob ref|67}} However, this is limited to substances that she can normally digest into nutrients, so she can do nothing with allomantic metals.{{wob ref|11579}}{{wob ref|2506}} She can also convert the energy reserves in her own body into Lifelight. With access to the [[Metallic Arts]], she could theoretically compound [[Feruchemical]] [[bendalloy]] to Lifelight as well.{{wob ref|9272}} These abilities are unique to Lift.{{wob ref|940}} However, this power can be dangerous too, as she often risks malnutrition when she burns through all her excess energy.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} As Lift can only gain Lifelight through metabolizing food,{{wob ref|11579}}{{wob ref|2506}}{{wob ref|8073}} she is limited by the amount of food she has eaten. She may be the only person to have ever had one, or all, of these abilities and it may not have been believed possible until she visited Cultivation.{{wob ref|12898}} Lift has always assumed that she metabolized Stormlight, not knowing of Lifelight's existence until captured by [[Mraize]].{{book ref|RoW|60}}
Lift asked to stay the same and not become someone else,{{book ref|sa2.5|15}}{{book ref|sa4|interlude|5}} though the actual boon and curse are still unknown, but as an effect of one or the other, her spirit-web has been given the ability to convert mass directly to [[Investiture]].{{wob ref|2739}}
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