Talk:The Second Dream/@comment-173.81.111.92-20160312065659

See, I'm trying to see if I can interpret this in a way that still makes sense with what we knew already. Way I'm interpreting it now, the Tenno in fact have have two halves to who they are: the warframe providing the physical presence and combat skills,and the operator juicing them with the energy needed for their various powers. Separate, the operators (while still armed with some hefty psionics) are extremely fragile, and the frames (while not completely defenseless) are greatly hampered in their capabilities.

Having warframes not be lifeless husks when unlinked to an operator is the only way I can see that Valkyr's backstory can still make sense (otherwise Alad V was essentially mutilating an inanimate object, and the lore for Valkyr suggests there was certainly a mind in there feeling and remembering everything).