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"Lady Vin! You're up!"

"You shouldn't have let ," she said

"We tried to wake you," he said softly "You were in a coma"

She paused

"Perhaps it is for the best, Lady Vin," Sazed said "The fighting is done, and you pushed yourself hard these last few et some rest, now that this is over"

She stepped forward, shaking her head, and Sazed could see that she looked haggard, despite her days of rest "No, Sazed," she said "This is not 'over' Not by far"

"What do youconcerned

"I can still hear it ina hand to her forehead "It's here In the city"

"The Well of Ascension?" Sazed asked "But, Lady Vin, I lied about that Truly and apologetically, I don't even know if there is such a thing"

"Do you believe es?"

Sazed looked away "A few days ago, on the field outside the city, I felt certain ButlatelyI don't seem to knohat I believe anymore The prophecies and stories are a jumble of contradictions"

"This isn't about prophecies," Vin said, walking over to his table and looking at his book "This is about what needs to be done I can feel itpulling lanced at the closed ith the es Then, she walked over and threw the shutters open, letting in the cold winter air Vin stood, closing her eyes and letting the mists wash over her She wore only a simple shirt and trousers

"I drew upon it once, Sazed," she said "Do you know that? Did I tell you? When I fought the Lord Ruler I dreer from the mists That's how I defeated him"

Sazed shivered, not just from the cold From the tone in her voice, and the air of her words "Lady Vin" he said, but wasn't sure how to continue Drew upon the mists? What did sheout the ,into the room

"It can't be, Lady Vin," Sazed said "All of the reports agree The Well of Ascension was found in the Terris Mountains"

Vin shook her head "He changed the world, Sazed"

He paused, frowning "What?"

"The Lord Ruler," she whispered "He created the Ashmounts The records say he made the vast deserts around the empire, that he broke the land in order to preserve it Why should we assus look like they did when he first climbed to the Well? He created mountains Why couldn't he have flattened them?"

Sazed felt a chill

"It's what I would do," Vin said "If I knew the poould return, if I wanted to preserve it I'd hide the Well I'd let the legends re about mountains to the north Then, I would build my city around the Well so that I could keep an eye on it"

She turned, looking at him "It's here The poaits"

Sazed opened hisHe had no faith Who was he to argue with such things? As he paused, he heard voices below, froht? In thesaid, but they were too far away He reached into the bag beside his table Most of his metalminds were empty; he wore only his coppere Inside the sack, he found a ss he had prepared for the siege, but had never used He pulled it open, took out one of the ten, then tucked the bag into his sash

With this ring--a tin The words below beca has returned!"

Vin leaped out the

"I don't fully understand how she does it either, El," Ha

Elend walked through the city streets, people trailing behind hier and larger as people heard that Elend had returned Spook eyed the the attention