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She peeked into the hallway The boy had seemed like he expected her to follow hi her way up the steps

Voices were co from an open door at the end of the hallway Vin approached and peeked around the corner to find a well-decorated roo chairs A hearth burned at the side of the rooe charcoal writing board set atop an easel

Kelsier stood, leaning one elbow resting against the brick hearth, a cup of wine in his hand Angling herself slightly, Vin could see that he was talking to Breeze The Soother had arrived well into midday, and had appropriated half of Clubs’s apprentices to unload his possessions Vin had watched frouised as boxes of lumber scraps--up to Breeze’s room Breeze himself hadn’t bothered to help

Ha hie, overstuffed chair farthest from Breeze The boy who had fetched Vin sat on a stool beside Clubs, and he was obviouslynot to look at her The final occupied chair held the man Yeden, dressed--as before--in co He sat in his chair without resting against its back, as if he disapproved of its plushness His face was darkened with soot, as Vin expected of a skaa worker

There were two e by the doorway, and gave her one of his inviting smiles "Well, there she is Come in"

Vin scanned the rooainst approaching gloom The only chairs were the ones in Kelsier’s half circle Resigned, she moved forward and took the e for her, and she settled into it with her knees folded beneath her

"That’s all of us," Kelsier said

"Who’s the last chair for?" Hanored the question "All right, let’s talk We’ve got soin outlining a plan, the better"

"I thought you had a plan," Yeden said uncomfortably

"I have a framework," Kelsier said "I knohat needs to happen, and I have a few ideas on how to do it But, you don’t gather a group like this and just tell the with a list of problems we need to deal with if ant the plan to work"

"Well," Haht first The plan is to gather Yeden an army, cause chaos in Luthadel, secure the palace, steal the Lord Ruler’s atiuovernment to collapse?"

"Essentially," Kelsier said

"Then," Ham said, "our main problem is the Garrison If ant chaos in Luthadel, then we can’t have twenty thousand troops here to keep the peace Not to mention the fact that Yeden’s troops will never take the city while there is any sort of armed resistance on the walls"

Kelsier nodded Picking up a piece of chalk, he wrote Luthadel Garrison up on the board "What else?"

"We’ll need a way towith a cup of wine "Your instincts are right, my dear man This city is where the Ministry makes its headquarters and the Great Houses run theirLuthadel down if ant to break the Lord Ruler’s ability to govern"

"Mentioning the nobility brings up another point," Dockson added "The Great Houses all have guard forces in the city, not toto deliver the city to Yeden, we’ll have to deal with those noble Chaos and Great Houses beside Luthadel Garrison on his board

"The Ministry," Clubs said, leaning back in his plush chair so ru as the Steel Inquisitors have anything to say about it"

Kelsier added Ministry to the board "What else?"

"Atiuht as rite it up there-- we’ll need to secure the palace quickly, once general mayhem starts, and make certain nobody else takes the opportunity to slip into the treasury"

Kelsier nodded, writing Atium: Secure Treasury on the board

"We will need to find a way to gather Yeden’s troops," Breeze added "We’ll have to be quiet, but quick, and train them somewhere that the Lord Ruler won’t find theht want to make certain that the skaa rebellion is ready to take control of Luthadel," Dockson added "Seizing the palace and digging in will make for a spectacular story, but it would be nice if Yeden and his people were actually ready to govern, once this is all over"

Troops and Skaa Rebellion were added to the board "And," Kelsier said, "I’et hi Lord Ruler on the list, he turned back toward the group "Did I forget anything?"

"Well," Yeden said dryly, "if you’re listing problems we’ll have to overcome, you should write up there that we’re all bloody insane--though I doubt we can fix that fact"

The group chuckled, and Kelsier wrote Yeden’s Bad Attitude on the board Then he stepped back, looking over the list "When you break it down like that, it doesn’t sound so bad, does it?"

Vin frowned, trying to decide if Kelsier was atte--it was disturbing Twenty thousand ih nobility? The Ministry? One Steel Inquisitor was said to be more powerful than a thousand troops