Beating it here was only a small victory, but it was proof. This thing could be resisted. Spook had done it.
And would do it again.
Kelsier looked down at the child in his arms. No, not a child any longer. He opened himself to Spook, and spoke a single, all-powerful command.
“Survive!”
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Beating it here was only a small victory, but it was proof. This thing could be resisted
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Look at you Kelsier! You haven’t form or shape. You’re not alive, you’re an idea.
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Kelsier! Do better than you have before! They called you their god, and you were causal with their faith! The hearts of men are NOT YOUR TOYS.
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Kelsier was nowhere in particular when God finally died.
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Ruin… he was no more impressive, deep down, than Preservation was. Hell, Kelsier thought, I’m better at this god stuff that they are. At least he had inspired people.
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This. He’d missed this.
The con. The excitement of playing people like flutes, twisting them about themselves, tying their minds in knots.
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And the real trophy was to pull off a heist so clever, the target didn’t ever discover you’d taken something from them.
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And the third involved a tongue coated with zinc.
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The second involved pilfering in the night.
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The first involved a knife to the throat and a whispered threat.
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There were three basic types of thievery. The first involved a knife to the throat and a whispered threat. The second involved pilfering in the night. And the third… well, that was Kelsier’s favorite. It involved a tongue coated with zinc. Instead of a knife it used confusion, and instead of prowling it worked best in the open.
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Kelsier stole dreams.
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These days he stole something far greater. Kelsier stole dreams.
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These days, he didn’t care for the little thieveries. Yes, he’d pocketed the gemstones he’d found up above, but that was more out of pragmatism than anything else. Ever since the Pits of Hathsin, he hadn’t been interested in stealing common possessions.
No, these days he stole something far greater. Kelsier stole dreams.
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This was Keliser’s purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.
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Thievery was the most authentic form of flattery.
What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to risk everything to obtain them? This was Keliser’s purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.
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