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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. 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.
Lift's other power is even more impressive.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} Most Surgebinders need to draw Stormlight from an external source in order to manipulate the Surges. Lift, however, can metabolize food directly into Stormlight, instead of sugar.{{17s ref|post|245060|What she can do is she can metabolize into investiture instead of sugar.|date=February 20, 2015}} Food that she can metabolize quicker, such as bread can be metabolized into Stormlight faster than something like sausage, but may provide less Stormlight overall because it has fewer calories. She can also convert the energy reserves in her own body into Stormlight. These abilities are unique to Lift.{{qa ref|1084|15
It is hinted that Lift wished to remain the same, not change, or to remain young.{{book ref|sa2.5|15}} The actual boon and curse are still unknown.
Her spirit-web has been given the ability to convert mass directly to [[Investiture]].{{qa ref|1172|3
== Quotes ==
Lift is a character that [[Brandon Sanderson]] has had in his head for quite a while.{{qa ref|1112|28}} She is a classic example of what he is hoping to do with a broader series, such as the [[Stormlight Archive]]. With the extra space a multi-book series allows, Sanderson wants to create a world full of cultures and characters that are less common in fantasy and science fiction. Lift is an outgrowth of this desire. Sanderson wants the [[Knights Radiant]] to be something different than classical European knights. He doesn't want them to all be young, white, men swearing oaths of chivalry and valor. Sanderson was looking for a character that would be interesting and popular, but no one's first idea when they thought of a knight. Lift, a thirteen year old girl on a thieving crew with a weird sense of morality, is the result. Sanderson hopes that playing with concepts like these, and stretching our ideas of what a fantasy book and it's characters should look like will allow him to avoid the staleness that is a common complaint in science fiction and fantasy.
Lift's appearance in an interlude in [[Words of Radiance]] will be the first of many.{{qa ref|1080|1
== Trivia ==
Unlike Hoid, Lift doesn't like bacon.{{reddit ref|Stormlight_Archive|7haotl
== Notes ==
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{{qa ref|date=2014-03-11|1069|14|Lift is seeded there because she will be very important later on}}
{{qa ref|date=2014-03-21|1047|21|Yes, Lift is one of the characters who was originally planned for the back five}}
{{qa ref|date=2014-03-19|1080|1|Lift, specifically, is one of the characters in the back five}}
{{qa ref|date=2014-03-21|1052|76|And I'll probably do some more shorts with Lift because she is so much fun}}
{{qa ref|date=2014-04-16|1112|28|You will get a lot more with Lift}}
{{qa ref|date=2014-08-13|1084|15|Lift is one of a kind}}
{{17s ref|date=2015-02-20|post|245060|What she can do is she can metabolize into investiture instead of sugar}}
{{qa ref|date=2016-09-23|1172|3|Out of Excuses 2016 report}}
{{reddit ref|date=2017-12-03|Stormlight_Archive|7haotl|text=Hoid doesn't like Bacon}}
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