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Giving you power!

Vin gasped, drawing in breath--a breath that sucked in thewithin her, lending her their strength Her entire body burned like metal, and the pain disappeared in a flash

Marsh swung his axe for her head, spraying water

And she caught his arm

I have spoken of Inquisitors, and their ability to pierce copperclouds As I said, this power is easily understood when one realizes that many Inquisitors were Seekers before their transfor

There is at least one other case of a person who could pierce copperclouds In her case, however, the situation was slightly different She was a Mistborn from birth, and her sister was the Seeker The death of that sister–and subsequent inheritance of power via the Heic spike used to kill that sister–left her twice as good at burning bronze as a typical Mistborn And that let her see through the copperclouds of lesser Allomancers

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THE MISTS CHANGED

TenSoon looked up through the ash He lay, exhausted and numb, atop the hill before the field of lava that barred his path eastward Histoo hard Even the Blessing of Potency could only do sohis horse's body to rise, looking at his nighttis Endless fields of ash extended behind him; even the track he had worn up to the top of the hill was close to being filled in The lava burned ahead of hi see about, swirling Generally, the mists had a very chaotic pattern Some parts would flow one hile others would spin about in other directions There were often rivers of motion, but they never conformed to one another Most often, they followed the wind; this night the as still

And yet, thein one direction As soon as he noticed it, TenSoon found it one of the hts he had ever beheld Instead of swirling or spinning, the ly purposeful flow They coursed around hie, incorporeal river

The mists flowed toward Luthadel Perhaps I' some of his hope He shook hiallop back the way he had come

"Breezy, co across the roo out theIt was late--too late He should have been asleep

He looked back toward his desk, and the treaty he had been working on It was the sort of thing Sazed or Elend should have had to write, not Breeze "You know," he said, "I distinctly ree of anything idoms and cities is work for fools, not thieves! Government is far too inefficient to provide a suitable inco on his e "Very well," he gruht How is it, of all the qualified people in Kelsier's little crew, that I end up the one leading a city?

He joined Allrianne at the , peeking out "W1hat is it exactly I'm supposed to see, dear? I don't"

He trailed off, frowning Beside hi concerned as she looked out the

"Now, that is strange," he said Thelike a river--and they see

The door to his room slammed open Breeze ju in the doorway, still half covered in bandages

"Gather the people," the boy croaked, holding the doorfra "We need to move"

"My dear boy," Breeze said, unsettled Allrianne took Breeze's arhtly "My dear boy, what is this? You should be in bed!"

"Gather the very authoritative "Take thee cavern Pack them in! Quickly! We don't have much ti his brow Blood i down the side of his face

Elend shook his head, breathing deeply--aled rock outcropping He closed his eyes, fatiguehis body shake despite his pewter "I don't really care about ht now, Haht"

Haree the endless waves of koloss They had some of the creatures bottled up in the natural stone corridor leading into Fadrex, but the real fights were happening on the rugged rock formations that enclosed the city Tooup to attack from the sides

It was a precarious battlefield, one that often dee number of Allomancers, but most of them were inexperienced--they hadn't even known about their powers until this very day Elend was a oneing holes while Cett directed tactics below

More screa ht with frustration Why can't I protect the up in the night

The mists flowed overhead, as if pulled by some invisible force For a moment, even exhausted as he was, he froze

"Lord Venture!" so toward the sound A youthful , wide-eyed

Oh, noElend thought, tensing

"My lord, they're retreating!" the lad said, stu to a halt before Elend