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Although it is likely that bone spores are white sand, it is still speculation at this time.
m (Although it is likely that bone spores are white sand, it is still speculation at this time.)
In exchange, the aether protects the spore eater from harm. As such, spore eaters are incredibly difficult to kill -- so long as they can keep their aether fed. Over time, the aether demands more and more water, and lacking it, begins to consume its host. As such, the affliction is both incredibly painful and always fatal, with most spore eaters lasting no more than a few years before their parasite consumes them.{{book ref|tress|28}} It is generally incurable; only the [[dragon (cosmere)|dragon]] [[Xisis]] can heal the infection, and he claims that the cure must be continuously reapplied, or else the parasite will return within a year or two.{{book ref|tress|52}}
 
While twelve varieties of aether can be found on Lumar, there is also a local legend of a thirteenth type of spore called "bone spores", whose color is debated to be [[Sand (Taldain)|white, black, or both]]. It is unknown where the story might have come from.{{book ref|tress|23}} This description is similar to [[Sand (Taldain)|Sand on Taldain]], whose organisms react to investiture by turning from black to white.
 
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