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"What do you mean?" Elend asked

"Remember the attack on the Asseet hit square-on by a Thug's staff"

"And?" Elend asked "It laid her out for three full days"

Ha hit in the side, the shoulder wound, nearly being choked to death--those all together laid her out for a couple of days But, if she'd really gotten hit that hard by a Thug, she shouldn't have been out for days, Elend She should have been out for weeks Maybe longer She certainly shouldn't have escaped without broken ribs"

"She was burning pewter," Elend said

"Presu"

Elend paused

"You see?" Ha pewter, then they should have balanced each other out That leaves Vin--a girl who can't weighclobbered full-on by a trained soldier with three tied it off with barely a few days' rest"

"Vin's special," Elend finally said

"I won't argue with that," Has from us Who was that other Mistborn? Soether"

She said there was another Mistborn in the city, Elend thought Zane--Straff'swhile

Ha apart around us, El"

"Kelsier could have kept it together," Spook mumbled "When he was here, even our failures were part of his plan"

"The Survivor is dead," Elend said "I never knew hi He didn't give in to despair"

Ha the day after we lost our entire arant bastard"

"Callous," Spook said

"No," Ha for his cup "I used to think that NowI just think he was determined Kell always looked toward tomorrow, no matter what the consequences"

"Well, we have to do the saone--Penrod let hie that fact But, we do have information on the koloss ar into his pouch He tossed soht--they're the same"

The coin rolled to a stop, and Elend picked it up He could see where Spook had scraped it with a knife, peeling off the gold paint to reveal the dense hardwood beneath It was a poor representation of a boxing; it was little wonder that the fakes had been so easy to pick out Only a fool would try to pass them off as real A fool, or a koloss

Nobody was certain how sos had worked their way up to Luthadel; perhaps he had tried giving thears in his home do He'd needed an aret the other Only koloss would have fallen for such a ploy

"I don't get it," Ham said as Elend passed him the coin "How come the koloss have suddenly decided to take money? The Lord Ruler never paid the back to his experience with the camp We are humans We will live in your city

"The koloss are changing, Ham," Elend said "Or maybe we never really understood the This isn't over yet"

"It would be easier to be strong if I knew our Mistborn wasn't insane She didn't even discuss this with us!"

"I know," Elend said

Ha his head "There's a reason the Great Houses were always so reluctant to use their Mistborn against each other Things just got a whole lot erous If Cett does have a Mistborn, and he decides to retaliate"

"I know," Elend said again, bidding the two farewell

Ham waved to Spook, and the two of them left, off to check with Breeze and Clubs

They all act so glu to eat It's like they think we're dooood thing One of our ene--and there are still two ar so exposes him to Straff, and Straff hi In fact, her attack on Cett will only htened Maybe that's why she did it

"Your Majesty?" a voice whispered

Elend spun, searching the hallway

"Your Majesty," said a short figure in the shadows OreSeur "I think I've found her"

Elend didn't bring anyone with hiuards He didn't want to explain to Haotten his infor OreSeur secret

Hae pulled to a stop She is hiding things She does it all the ti her He nodded to OreSeur, and they left the carriage Elend waved his guards back as he approached a dilapidated building It had probably once been a poor merchant's shop--a place run by extreer necessities to skaa workers in exchange for food tokens, which could in turn be exchanged forwas in a sector that Elend's fuel-collection crews hadn't reached yet It was obvious, however, that it hadn't seen a lot of use lately It had been ransacked long ago, and the ash coating the floor was a good four inches deep A small trail of footprints led toward a back stairwell