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"Go out the roo to the second floor"

Spook did so, forcing hi His arhts tied to his shoulders He'd been flaring tin so long that normal senses just didn't seeh he was coughing by the tiot there That would be because of the sood thing he was crawling

He could feel the heat as he cli the room behind him as he moved up the stairs, still dizzy He reached the top, then slipped on his own blood, slu

"Get up!" the voice said

Where have I heard that voice before? he thought again Why do I want to do what it says? It was so close He'd have it, if hishiain

"Second room on the left," the voice co Fla across the walls His nose eak, like his other senses, but he suspected that the house had been soaked with oil It made for a faster, more dramatic burn that way

"Stop This is the roo into the room It was a study, well furnished The thieves in the city co places like this one wasn't worth the effort The Citizen forbade ostentation, and so expensive furniture couldn't be sold, even on the blackluxuries, lest they end up burning to death in one of the Citizen's executions

"Spook!"

Spook had heard of those executions He'd never seen one He'd paid Durn to keep an eye out for the next one Spook's coin would get hiood position to watch the building burn down Plus, Durn pro Spook would be interested in So worth the coin he'd paid

Count the skulls

"Spook!"

Spook opened his eyes He'd fallen to the floor and begun to drift off Fla There was no way Spook would get out, not in his current condition

"Go to the desk," the voice commanded

"I'm dead," Spook whispered

"No you're not Go to the desk"

Spook turned his head, looking at the flaure stood in them, a dark silhouette The walls dripped, bubbled, and hissed, their plaster and paints blackening Yet, this shadow of a person didn't seeure see

"You?" Spook whispered

"Go to the desk!"

Spook rolled to his knees He crawled, dragging his useless arht drawer"

Spook pulled it open, then leaned against the side, slu was inside

Vials?

He reached for theerly They were the kinds of vials used by Alloers, Spook picked one up, then it slipped free of his nuers It shattered He stared at the liquid that had been inside--an alcohol solution that would keep the , as well as help the Allomancer drink them down

"Spook!" the voice said

Dully, Spook took another vial He worked off the stopper with his teeth, feeling the fires blaze around hione The fires crept toward h1im

He drank the contents of the vial, then searched inside of hi tin But there was none Spook cried out in despair, dropping the vial It had contained no tin Hoould that have saved him anyway? It would have made him feel the flames, and his wound, more acutely

"Spook!" the voice commanded "Burn it!"

"There is no tin!" Spook yelled

"Not tin! The man ned this house was no Tineye!"

Not tin Spook blinked Then--reaching within hi he'd never thought to ever see, so that shouldn't have existed

A new metal reserve He burned it

His body flared with strength His tre arms became steady His weakness see sun He felt tension and power, and his rew taut with anticipation

"Stand!"

His head snapped up He leaped to his feet, and this tione Hiswas clear to hi it strong enough to work despite his terrible wound and blood loss

Spook was burning pewter

The figure stood in the fla of pewter, Spook," the voice said "Use it to escape this place You can break through the boards on the far side of that hallway, escape out onto the roof of the building nearby The soldiers won't be watching for you--they're too busy controlling the fire so it doesn't spread"