Word Salad Mafia - Pre-Night 4 - 12/16 Alive

I have a feeling that partial lives are going to be a big aspect of this game's mechanics. If sacrificing sixths of your life was inconsequential, I feel it would have been introduced differently (like a currency).

My current guesses are:

• Palamedes gets the extra life pieces, possibly coming back to life for a Day/Night Cycle or
  
• Palamedes uses the spent partial lives as fuel for their win condition
  
• There are roles that have influence over lives at a 1/6 level (killing or giving, or something else?)

These are mainly unfounded, although LegendaryQ does confirm the possibility of having multiple lives:

Extra lives may also be wagered, should anyone have any