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"Master Kelsier," Sazed said with a bow
Kelsier nodded, and Sazed stepped up beside hi toward the i Kelsier’s thoughts
Kelsier smiled Sazed had been a valuable find indeed Keepers were necessarily secretive, for the Lord Ruler had hunted theends claiation of the Terris people--including the breeding and stewardship prograrowth of his hatred for Keepers
"I wonder what he would think if he knew a Keeper was in Luthadel," Kelsier said, "barely a short walk from the palace itself"
"Let us hope we never find out, Master Kelsier," Sazed said
"I appreciate your willingness to come here to the city, Saze I know it’s a risk"
"This is a good work," Sazed said "And this plan is dangerous for all involved Indeed, sierous forto a sect that the Lord Ruler hi to look up at Sazed Despite Kelsier’s above-average height, the Terrisood head taller "I’, Saze"
"He fears the Keepers," Sazed said "Definitely and inexplicably Perhaps it is because of our powers We are not Allo unknown to hi back toward the city He had so many plans, so much work to do--and at the core of it all were the skaa The poor, humble, defeated skaa
"Tell me about another one, Saze," Kelsier said "One with power"
"Power?" Sazed asked "That is a relative terion, I think Perhaps you would like to hear of Jaism Its folloere quite faithful and devout"
"Tell le h his followers si for preaching discord-- soood at--but that only ht that they earned happiness proportional to their overt devotion, and were known for frequent and fervent professions of faith Apparently, speaking with a Jaist could be frustrating, since they tended to end nearly every sentence with ‘Praise the Ja’ "
"That’s nice, Saze," Kelsier said "But power is more than just words"
"Oh, quite indeed," Sazed agreed "The Jaists were strong in their faith Legends say that the Ministry had to wipe them out completely, since not one Jaist would accept the Lord Ruler as God They didn’t last long past the Ascension, but only because they were so blatant that they were easy to hunt down and kill"
Kelsier nodded, then he s Sazed "You didn’t ask ies, Master Kelsier," Sazed said, "but the religion does not suit you, I think It has a level of brashness that you y si to knowthe city "In the end, after kingdo, weren’t they?"
"Indeed," Sazed said "Soions lasted all the way until the fifth century"
"What ?" Kelsier said "How did they do it, Saze? What gave these theologies such power over people?"
"It wasn’t any one thing, I think," Sazed said "Soh honest faith, others because of the hope they promised Others were coercive"
"But they all had passion," Kelsier said
"Yes, Master Kelsier," Sazed said with a nod "That is a quite true statement"
"That’s e’ve lost," Kelsier said, looking over the city with its hundreds of thousands, barely a handful of ould dare fight "They don’t have faith in the Lord Ruler, they si left to believe in"
"What do you believe in, if I may ask, Master Kelsier?"
Kelsier raised an eyebrow "I’ the Final Eions on your list that include the slaughter of noblely "I do not believe so, Master Kelsier"
"Maybe I should found one," Kelsier said with an idle smile "Anyway, have Breeze and Vin returned yet?"
"They arrived just before I came up here"
"Good," Kelsier said with a nod "Tell them I’ll be down in a moment"
Vin sat in her overstuffed chair in the conference roo to study Marsh out of the corner of her eye
He looked so ry, nor was he grumpy like Clubs He just wasn’t happy He sat in his chair, a neutral expression on his face
The others had all arrived except for Kelsier, and they were chatting quietly aht Lestibournes’s eye and waved hie boy approached and crouched beside her chair
"Marsh," Vin whispered beneath the general hu without the call of his parents"
Vin paused, trying to decipher the boy’s eastern dialect "Not a nickna one though"
"What was it?"
"Ironeyes Others stopped using it Too calling close to an iron in the real eyes, eh? Inquisitor"
Vin glanced at Marsh again His expression was hard, his eyes unwavering, almost like they werethe nickna to a Steel Inquisitor made her shiver