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"You're not in danger," Kelsier said quietly

Spook relaxed as someone rushed around the alley corner It was one of the , his face flush with exhaustion "My lord!" he said

"I'er?"

"No, sir," the man said "I justI"

Spook raised an eyebrow

"I need your help," the man said between breaths "When we realized who you were, you were already gone I just"

"Help hat?" Spook said tersely

"My sister, sir," the ot taken by the Citizen Ourfather was a nobleot sold by the wo to burn her in a few days!"

Spook frowned What does he expect me to do? He opened his mouth to ask that very question, but then stopped He wasn't the same man anymore He wasn't li else

What Kelsier would have done

"Can you gather tento take part in souess Does this have to do with saving Mailey?"

"No," Spook said "It has to do with your pay Mailey Get me those workers, and I'll do what I can to help your sister"

The erly

"Do it now," Spook said, pointing "We start tonight"

In Hey, the type ofof that spike on the body For instance, steel spikes take physical Allomantic powers--the ability to burn pewter, tin, steel, or iron--and bestow the the spike Which of these four is granted, however, depends on where the spike is placed

Spikes made from other metals steal Ferucheinal Inquisitors were given a pewter spike, which--after first being pounded through the body of a Feruche power (Though they couldn't do so as quickly as a real Ferucheic decay) This, obviously, is where the Inquisitors got their infamous ability to recover from wounds quickly, and was also why they needed to rest so much

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"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE IN," Cett said flatly

Elend raised an eyebrow, riding his stallion through the center of his caood to be seen by one's people, especially in situations where he could control the way he was perceived He happened to agree with this particular lesson, and so he rode, wearing a black cloak tocertain his soldiers knew that he was a them Cett rode with him, tied into his specially made saddle

"You think I putthe city?" Elend asked, nodding to a group of soldiers who had paused in theirlabors to salute hiive a damn whether you live or die, boy Besides, you're Mistborn You could have gotten out if things turned dangerous"

"Why, then?" Elend asked "Why was it a mistake?"

"Because," Cett said "Youthem Hell, boy Can't you see why that's such a problem? When the ti to hurt"

Elend rode in silence for ato hi its size Even to his tin-enhanced eyes, distant tents becah some mythical world, a place of muffled shadows and distant noises

Had it been a mistake for him to enter the city? Perhaps Elend knew the theories Cett spoke of--he understood how ieneral to view his enemies not as individuals, but as nulad for my choice," Elend said1p>

"I know," Cett said, scratching at his thick beard "That's what frustrates me, to be honest You're a compassionate man That's a weakness, but it isn't the real problem The problem is your inability to deal with your own compassion"

Elend raised an eyebrow

"You should know better than to let yourself grow attached to your enemy, Elend," Cett said "You should have kno you would react, and planned so that you could avoid this very situation! Hell, boy, every leader has weaknesses--the ones in are the ones who learn how to sive thehed "All right, then, let's talk about the siege The engineers have blocked off several streams that lead into the city, but they don't think those were the primary sources of water"

"They weren't," Elend said "Vin has located six main wells within the city itself"

"We should poison them," Cett said

Elend fell silent The two halves of him still warred inside The man he had been just wanted to protect as , however, was more realistic It knew that sometimes he had to kill--or at least discomfort--in order to save