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He spent a moment of hesitation Wax was down But Marasi … what had happened to her? Wayne couldn’t spot her anywhere, though the Coinshot had cover beside soun That spoke loads

Wax would want hi his teeth, Wayne turned and dashed toward the Coinshot

Waxilliu the small two-shooter from his ankle holster He’d dropped Vindication in the blast--Ranette was going to kill hi Marasi He was down to this

He unsuccessfully tried to cock the tiny pistol with a shaking hand He didn’t dare prod to feel the extent of his wounds His leg and arm had been flayed

Mist continued to flood down from the hole above It had mostly enveloped this side of the room With despair, Waxilliued in the blast, and the haainst Miles anyway

He groaned again, leaning his head back against the floor I thought I asked for a little help

A voice returned to him, distinct and unexpected And a little is what you received, I think

Waxillium started Well … could I have some more, then? U favorites, the voice inside his mind replied It upsets the balance

You’re God Isn’t playing favorites kind of the point?

No, the voice replied The point is Har a way for as many as possible toup at the swirling ht

Are you divine, the voice asked of him, as Miles claiht If I were, I doubt I’d be in this much pain

Then what are you?

This is a very bizarre conversation, Waxilliuht back

Yes

How can you see things like what has been done by the Vanishers, Waxilliu to help?

I have done so to help I sent you

Waxilliu the mists in front of him What Miles had said bothered hiiven this for a reason?

Waxilliuritted his teeth, then forced himself to stand He felt better in the mists The wounds didn’t seem so bad The pain didn’t seem so sharp But he was still unarnized the box right in front of him It was his own trunk The one he’d taken with hio The one--now battered and aged--he’d brought back with hiuns on that nightout of one side

You’re welcome, the voice whispered

Marasi hid in the shadows behind the broken train car, anxious, her heart pounding The Coinshot had co her after what she’d done to his friend With his Allomancy, he’d have been able to see her wherever she ran, despite the darkness and the mist, so she’d tucked the rifle behind a few boxes and hid elsewhere

It felt cowardly, but it had worked He’d shot a few tiun, looking baffled He’d obviously expected to find her bleeding and dead

Instead, she was si Wayne had been shot; he’d lured the Coinshot away, but he’d been dripping blood when she’d seen him

The room was chaos, and it left her disoriented Wayne had told her that the dynamite sticks they had were relatively s them in close confines was still enorunshots were nearly so The air s, she could faintly hear

Before the Vanishers had appeared at the wedding dinner, she’d never been in any kind of fight Now she didn’t knohat to do; she’d even lost track of which direction hich The roo flames, and the mists made apparitions around her

So the mouth of the tunnel with the koloss-blooded man She could barelyplace They held their guns leveled She couldn’t go that way

A figure strode froasp She recognized Miles Hundredlives from his description Narrow face, short dark hair He was stripped to the waist, exposing a powerful chest His trousers were in tatters He was counting the bullets in a revolver, and was the only one in the roos kicked up mist, which now coated the floor

He stopped by the Vanishers at theshe couldn’t hear They ducked away, retreating down the passage Miles didn’t follow the closer to Marasi She held her breath, hoping he’d pass closely enough to her hiding place for …

A rustle of cloth sounded, and the Coinshot dropped into place beside Miles Miles stopped, raising an eyebrow