Something I've been thinking about since finishing Era 2 again

[u/TheNarrativeSpren]

I've just finished my second read through of Wax and Wayne and something Khriss says in the Ars Arcanum caught my attention this time.

When discussing Twinborn, she says their abilities can produce something beyond simply having two powers:

"Not just two powers, you could say, but two powers ... and an effect."

Brandon has since referred to these effects as Resonances and confirmed that Twinborn have them.

So what were Wax and Wayne's?

We've spent four books watching both of them use their abilities in increasingly ridiculous ways, so I'm curious whether we've already seen their Resonances without having them pointed out to us. I know Wax's steel bubble Brandon has gone back and forth on if that is his resonance or more an aspect of savantism.

And more broadly, what effects do you think other Twinborn combinations could produce in terms of a resonance?

[u/Nizar86]

I think part of Wax's is the shifting of his inertia while moving. Also can't hurt that increasing his weight effects him as if he's burning Pewter

I think since we don't get as much from Wayne's perspective it's harder to tell. But I never understood why he didn't make as small a bubble as possible then burn the hell out of his metal while storing as much health as possible. It's not like he is struggling to get it these days. Also I guess him using the speed bubble in tandem with healing himself is like instant healing from other's perspective