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The thing that she'd noticed earlier didn't have to do with the Terris or their guests She saw it as she drew closer A shining blaze ofsohty than the sun itself to her eyes She focused on it, but could see little What could shine so nificently?

"Take this," a voice said "Find humans, and trade for weapons and supplies"

"Yes, Lord KanPaar," a second voice said They were co area It was to the side of the Pits, only a few ees

Oh, noVin thought, feeling a sudden dread

"The foolish Firsts have sat on this treasure for far too long," KanPaar said "With these riches, we could be ruling, not serving, e things?" the second voice said

"Oh, on't Not quickly, at least For now, just this small around, Vin thought, heightenedthe connections In a place that already shines because of the large number of metal deposits Ruin would never have been able to knohere the atiuies a such an aators co instructions for the operations at the Pits She i atiu and what exactly was going on

You don't knohat I do for mankind, the Lord Ruler had said

And I didn't, Vin thought Thank you

She felt Ruin surge with power, and she blocked hiet a tendril of power past Ruin to Elend, Ruin was able to get the tiniest thread through It was enough, for the one who had spoken was tainted with Hey A spike in each shoulder drew Ruin's power and allowed hiht, her senses finally lare to see a creature with a translucent body standing in a cavern, just beneath the ground Another kandra was crawling out of a hole nearby, carrying a small pouch of atium

Ruin seized control of the kandra KanPaar The creature stiffened, hishim

Speak of this, Ruin said to KanPaar, Vin feeling his words as they pulsed into the kandra How much atium is there?

"Whawho are you?" KanPaar said "Why are you in my head?"

I am God, the voice said And you are mine

All of you are mine

Elend landed outside the Pits of Hathsin, throwing up a puff of ash Oddly, so the perimeter They rushed forward, spears held anxiously, then froze when they recognized him

"Lord Venture?" one of the men asked with shock

"I know you," Elend said, frowning "From my army at Fadrex"

"You sent us back, my lord," the other soldier said "With General Delanced up at the night sky, speckled with stars So his travel to the Pits froht was halfway through What would happen when the sun rose again?

"Quickly," Elend said "I need to speak with the leaders of this camp"

The return of the First Generation was accomplished with aslarger bodies, still bore the distinctive colorings and aged skin of their generation He had feared that the ordinary kandra would not recognize the life spans of the kandra people Even if the Firsts only eed once every century, most of the kandra would have seen theroup of Firststo cause shock and surprise in the others They proclaimed KanPaar had betrayed them and imprisoned them, then called the kandra people to asse for snags in their plan

To the side, he saw a fa

"Keeper," TenSoon said, still wearing the body of a Fifth "We need to be careful There are strange things afoot"

"Such as?" Sazed asked

Then, TenSoon attacked him

Sazed started, and his moment of confusion cost hiot his hands around Sazed's throat and began to choke hi the attention of the surrounding kandra Sazed's assailant--bearing bones of rock--weighed far more than Sazed, and was easily able to roll to the top, his hands still on Sazed's neck

"TenSoon?" MeLaan asked, sounding terrified

It's not hiht It can't be

"Keeper," his assailant said between clenched teeth "Sotoward the pocket of his robe, struggling to grab the metalmind lock inside