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"Indeed," Breeze said "Besides, we did choose to follow Elend Venture--and he's given us an order Our eanized rebellion seize and control one of the most important cities in the empire We need to secure this cache and protect the people of Urteau It's for the greater good, and all that!"

Allrianne nodded her agreement--and, as always, Sazed felt her touch on his eht He knew that Spook was right Kelsier wouldn't want this warped society being perpetuated in his na needed to be done "Very well," he said "What should our course of action be?"

"Nothing, for now," Breeze said "We need time to feel out the city's cliainst1 dear Quellion? How active is the local criovernment? Give me some time to discover answers to these questions, and then we can decide what to do"

"I still say we do it as Kelsier did," Spook said "Why can't we just topple the Citizen like he did the Lord Ruler?"

"I doubt that would work," Breeze said, sipping his wine

"Why not?" Spook asked

"For a very simple reason, my dear boy," Breeze said "We don't have Kelsier anyh he did wonder if they would ever be rid of the Survivor's legacy In a way, the battle in this town had been inevitable If Kelsier had possessed one flaw, it had been his extreme hatred of the nobility It was a passion that had driven him, had helped him accomplish the impossible However, Sazed feared it would destroy those whom it had infected

"Take the time you need, Breeze," Sazed said "Let me knohen you think we are ready to take the next step"

Breeze nodded, and thequietly As he did, he met Breeze's eyes, and the man winked at him with a smile that seemed to say, "This won't be half as difficult as you think" Sazed s to encourage hiht Breeze couldn't have known the conflict that still twisted inside of Sazed A conflict about lad for a little bit of time to wait in the city, for he still had ions listed, one per sheet, in his portfolio

Even that as difficult for hiive the others leadership, as Elend had asked However, the pernicious darkness Sazed felt inside of hierous to hi with the crew, because it made hi, he decided, walking away fro his portfolio off of a nearby shelf I have to keep searching I ive up

It was far ic and thought had always been his refuge However, his e about what he should be doing could help hi that the motion would help hio out and study the new for up here in Urteau However, that see, why study one ion? He already knew this one was false; he'd dismissed the Church of the Survivor early in his studies It was filled with more contradictions than almost any in his portfolio

More filled with passion as well

All the religions in his collection were alike in one respect; they had failed The people who'd followed theions stah for hi them, but he'd very, very rarely had any success

It was allanyway

No! Sazed thought I will find the answers The religions didn't disappear c1ompletely--the Keepers preserved them There must be answers in one of them Somewhere

Eventually, he found his way to the wall of the cavern, which held the steel plate inscribed by the Lord Ruler They already had a record of what it said, of course, but Sazed wanted to see it and read it for hiht of a nearby lantern, reading the words of the very ions

The plan, the words said, is simple When the power returns to the Well, I will take it andremains trapped

And still I worry It has proven fars I do not wish to It is so subtle, so careful I cannot see how it could cause my death, but still I worry

If I am dead, then these caches will provide so What one, then I fear for you Still, I will try to leave what help I can

There are metals of Allomancy which I have shared with none If you are a priest ofthese words, know that you will incur e However, if it is true that the force has returned and I ae of electruive you so an alloy of forty-five percent gold and fifty-five percent silver creates a new Alloive you the power of atiuainst those who themselves burn it

And that was it Beside the words was athe location of the next cache--the one in the se that Vin and Elend had secured a short tiain, but they only served to enhance his sense of despair Even the Lord Ruler seemed to feel helpless in the face of their current predicament He'd planned to be alive, he'd planned for none of this to happen But he'd known that his plansthe plate behind, walking to the bank of the underground lake The water lay like black glass, undisturbed by wind or ash, though it did ripple slightly froe of the water, burning quietly,the bank Behind him, a short distance away, soood two-thirds of the had the look of being lived in Others searched the cavern walls in hopes of finding a secret exit They would all be a lot more comfortable within the cavern if they knew they had a et attacked

"Sazed"

Sazed turned, then nodded to Spook as the young man walked up to join hiether quietly, contemplative

This one has troubles of his own, Sazed thought, noting the way that Spook watched the waters Then, surprisingly, Spook reached up and untied the cloth fro a pair of spectacles underneath, perhaps used to keep the cloth fro his eyes closed Spook rean to water, then he reached down and put out one of the two lanterns, leaving Sazed standing in very di his eyes

So it is his tin, Sazed thought As Sazed considered the thought, he r1ealized that he had often seen the young loves--as if to protect his skin Sazed suspected that if he watched closely, he'd see the boy put in earplugs as well Curious