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That gave Sazed pause What aht, horrified at his outburst Is this what I've really becoainstthe right thing

Now I come here, where people needthe to die?

"But," Spook said, looking up, "though I doubt ht"

Sazed was surprised at the hope he saw in the boy's eyes That's what I've lost

"How can you say that?" Sazed asked

"I don't know, really," Spook said "I justWell, do you reot here? We were standing by the lake, just over there You asked ood it was, if it just led people to hurt each other, like Quellion's faith in the Survivor has done"

Sazed looked out over the lake "Yes," he said softly "I re about that ever since," Spook said "AndI think I ht have an answer"

"Please"

"Faith," Spook said, "means that it doesn'tTrust that soht"

Sazed frowned

"It means that there will always be a way," Spook whispered, staring forward, eyes glazed, as if seeing things that Sazed could not

Yes, Sazed thought That is what I have lost And it's what I need to get back

I have come to see that each power has three aspects: a physical one, which can be seen in the creations made by Ruin and Preservation; a spiritual one in the unseen energy that pernitive one in the y

There is more to this Much more that even I do not yet comprehend

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YOU SHOULD KILL THEM

Vin looked up as she heard a pair of guards pass the door to her cell There was one good thing about Ruin's voice--it tended to warn her when people were nearby, even if it did always tell her to kill them

A part of her did wonder if, in fact, she was s that nobody else could However, if she were mad, there would really be no way for her to realize it So, she simply decided to accept what she heard, and lad for Ruin's voice on occasion Other than Ruin, she was alone in the cell All was still Even the soldiers did not speak--likely at Yomen's orders Plus, each ti For instance, she had learned that Ruin could either manifest in person or affect her from a distance When its actual presence was not with her in the cell, Ruin's words were far ue

Take, for instance, Ruin's order that she kill the guards She couldn't follow that suggestion, not from within the cell It wasn't so e her inclinations Ag1ain, that reeneral influence over a person's emotions

General influence

So suddenly occurred to her She quested out, and--sure enough--she could still feel the thousand koloss that Elend had given her They were under her control still, distant, obeying the general orders she'd given them before

Could she use thee to Elend, perhaps? Get them to attack the city and free her? As she considered the theet the whatever plans Elend had for a potential attack She could send theet theuards, ould be afraid they were bloodlusting Plus, ould she have theet to him? She could order them to take actions, like attack or pick so as delicate as ordering one to speak certain words

She tried for them to the koloss, but all she sensed back was confusion She'd have to work on that so a e to Elend would really be the best way to use them It would let Ruin know about a potential tool she had that, maybe, he hadn't noticed

"I see that he finally found a cell for you," a voice said

Vin looked up, and there he was Still wearing Reen's form, Ruin stood in the sht-backed posture, standing almost benevolently over her Vin sat up on her cot She'd never thought that of all her metals, she would miss bronze sobronze had let her feel hi that he had arrived, even if he didn't appear to her

"I'll admit that I'm disappointed in you, Vin," Ruin said He used Reen's voice, but he ie Of quiet wisdom The fatherly nature of that voice, 's desire to destroy, was disturbing

"The last time you were captured and locked aithout ht passed before you'd killed the Lord Ruler and overthrown the empire Now you've been soundly imprisoned for whata week now?"

Vin didn't respond Why co?

Ruin shook its head "I would have thought at the very least that you'd have killed Yomen"