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Why hide Thugs as servants, then use no copper to hide their pulses? In addition, there were no Soothers or Rioters Nobody was trying to influence Elend's e any metals Either they weren't actually Allo the to pierce any hidden copperclouds thatout so the others inside a cloud

She found nothing Finally satisfied, she returned to picking at her meal How many times has this ability of mine--the ability to pierce copperclouds--proven useful? She'd forgotten what it was like to be blocked fro Alloh it seee And the Lord Ruler and his Inquisitors had probably been able to do it fro, what other secrets had died with the Lord Ruler?

He knew the truth about the Deepness, Vin thought He must have He tried to warn us, at the end

Elend and Cett were talking again Why couldn't she focus on the problems of the city?

"So you don't have any atiu to sell," Elend said

"You've searched the city?" Cett asked

"A dozen times"

"The statues," Cett said "Perhaps the Lord Ruler hid the s out of it"

Elend shook his head "We thought of that The statues aren't atiuood place to hide ht maybe that it would be hidden in the palace somewhere, but even the spires are simple iron"

"Caves, tunnels"

"None that we can find," Elend said "We've had Alloe sources ofwe can think of, Cett, short of tearing holes in the ground Truston this proble "So, I suppose holding you for ransom would be pointless?"

Elend s you'd do is make the Assehed "Suppose I'll have to let you go, then"

Alendi was never the Hero of Ages At best, I have a a Hero where there was none At worst, I fear that all we believe may have been corrupted

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ONCE THIS WAREHOUSE HAD HELD swords and armor, scattered across its floor in heaps, like soh it,at the preparations Kelsier hadany of his crewmembers Those weapons had armed the rebellion on the eve of the Survivor's own death, letting it take the city

Those weapons were now stored in lockers and armories In their place, a desperate, beaten people huddled in what blankets they could find There were very fewquality; Straff had pressed those into his army These others--the weak, the sickly, the wounded--he had allowed to Luthadel, knowing that Elend wouldn't turn the what coes of clothing were beco that warun raising prices on all their wares, not just foodstuffs

Sazed knelt beside a crying wo him of her name

She shook her head She had lost three children in the koloss attack, two ht to Luthadel Now the final one--the babe she had carried the entire as sick Sazed took the child froed from the day before

"Is there hope, Master Terrislanced down at the thin, glassy-eyed baby The chances were not good How could he tell her such a thing?

"As long as he breathes, there is hope, dear wo to increase your portion of food--you need strength to give suck You must keep him warm Stay near the fires, and use a da He has great need of liquids"

Genedere nodded dully, taking back the baby How Sazed wished he could give her h his e people to believe in so other than the Lord Ruler Yet, for some reason, at this moment he found it difficult to preach one of them to Genedere

It had been different before the Collapse Each tiion, Sazed had felt a subtle sense of rebellion Even if people hadn't accepted the things he taught--and they rarely had--his words had reminded them that there had once been beliefs other than the doctrines of the Steel Ministry

Now there was nothing to rebel against In the face of the terrible grief he saw in Genedere's eyes, he found it difficult to speak of religions long dead, gods long forgotten Esoterica would not ease this woroup of people

"Sazed?"

Sazed turned He hadn't noticed Tindwyl entering the warehouse The doors of the large structure were closed against approaching night, and the firepits gave an inconsistent light Holes had been knocked in the roof to let out the s into the rooh they evaporated before they reached halfway to the floor

The refugees didn't often look up